The Nanded Rural police in Maharashtra registered a first information report (FIR) against Shiv Sena MP Hemant Patil on Wednesday morning after he allegedly made Dr Shyamrao Wakode, the acting dean of the Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital, clean a toilet. Patil allegedly forced the dean to clean the toilets after 31 deaths were reported at the hospital.
The police will now record Patil’s statement and proceed accordingly.
Patil was booked under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) under charges of criminal intimidation and defamation, among others, the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and the Maharashtra Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property) Act, a police officer said.
While making Dr Wakode clean the toilet, Patil and his aides allegedly shot a video of the act. Later, this video was circulated and it went viral on social media, wherein the MP was seen instructing the dean to clean the toilet.
“You do not have simple mugs in the toilet, and you shout at people who do not use toilets. Do you doctors and the dean behave similarly at your home?” Patil purportedly said. The incident took place at Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital.
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On Tuesday, Vanchit Bahujan Samaj spokesperson Farrooq Ahmed and his party members had staged a protest at the medical college premises protesting the atrocities against Dr Wakode and demanded police action against the MP.
Patil has been booked under IPC sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 500 (punishment for defamation), and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).
He was also booked under sections 3(1)(s), 3(1)(r), 3(1)(u), 3(1)(m), and 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and Section 4 of the Maharashtra Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property) Act, 2010, a police officer said.
First published on: 04-10-2023 at 10:09 IST
