FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. 14 No. 79 | BHOPAL | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 2, 2024 | Pages 12 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports India’s backup pacers face crucial test in Duleep Trophy ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE UJJAIN WORLD PRESS PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK Gaza begins polio inoculation Brand Sutra A Change In Strategy P.12 Drunk attendant tries forced entry Banged door for 3 min Our Staff Reporter INDORE A serious security breach has been reported at Maharaja Yeshwantrao (MY) Hospital, where a drunk attendant allegedly attempted to break into women doctors' duty room located on the fifth floor. The incident took place on Saturday night when a female doctor was taking rest inside. According to the junior doctors, there was only one security guard on duty, and he was least concerned about ensuring safety on the floor. ‘The guard was sleeping and he didn’t respond to the alarm raised by the doctor. Later, the frightened doctor called her colleagues while other attendants also gathered to rescue the doctor after which she was able to safely exit the room,’ the junior doctors alleged. The junior doctors caught Sleeping guard "I was frightened as the drunk attandant banged the door continuously for three minutes. He was shouting at me. I came out of the room only after the male nurse reached there. He was sent away by my collegues who reached the spot on my call," the victim said. Superintendent denies incident; Dean constitutes probe committee Hospital superintendent Dr Ashok Yadav said, "The attendant had gone to call the doctor as his patient is admitted at the hospital. A male nurse was also with the attendant when he knocked the door. However, she was frightened by the incident when the attendant knocked the door." Meanwhile, Dean Dr Sanjay Dixit said, "We have constituted a committe led by Dr Dharmendra Jhawar which will submit report in 24 hours.” the accused and thrashed him black and blue before presenting him to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) on duty. However, no official police complaint was filed by the doctors till evening. The doctors’ alleged that the college administration has as- sured them to install CCTV cameras but nothing has been done so far. The JDA has demanded enhanced security measures to prevent such incidents in the future. The lack of adequate security continues to be a concern for the staff at MY Hospital. AMID RG KAR ROW, FOUR MOLESTATION CASES REPORTED Aritra Singha Amid row over RG Kar rape and murder incident, incidents of molestation were reported from 4 places in West Bengal on Sunday. The first incident was reported from the Illambazar area in Birbhum district where a patient allegedly tried to molest a nurse. Talking to the media, the nurse said, “The patient who was admitted yesterday with viral fever was abusing me and Mamata has become ‘Nirmam’: Chouhan IndiGo flight diverted to Nagpur after bomb threat Custodial death in Morena; SP suspends 3 Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Three police personnel have been suspended after a murder accused was found hanging in the lock-up of a police station in Morena district on Sunday morning, police said. Three police personnel were suspended. Additional superintendent of Police Arvind Thakur said that the body of Balkrishna Jatav, alias Sunny, was found hanging from a cloth tied to a window inside the lock-up of the Civil Lines police station around 5.30 am. He said that Sunny, originally from Gwalior, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly killing his brotherin-law whose body was found near a channel in the district last December. However, Sunny's family have contested the time of his arrest claiming that he had been taken into custody four days ago. After visiting the spot, Superintendent of Police Sameer Saurabh suspended the police station in-charge and ‘Suspend SP’ Congress leaders came on attack after the news spread about the custodial death. PCC president Jitu Patwari said that in the state Dalits and tribal are on the target of the state government and also of police. The atrocities agasint them are increasing day by day in the state. Earlier, atrocities was seen in Katni and now in Morena, he demanded suspension of Morena SP. He also warned that if the justice is not given to the family, he will going to sit on dharna, until death in Morena. despite that when I tried to serve him he directly touched my body. I have complained to the police and I have heard that police have arrested him.” The nurses and other staff of the hospital ceased work till the safety of nurses were ensured. Madhyamgram area in North 24 parganas turned into a warzone after a seven year old girl was allegedly molested by a neighbour who later remained absconding. An IndiGo flight from Jabalpur to Hyderabad was diverted to Nagpur on Sunday after receiving a bomb threat. Bomb threat was found in washroom. Crew members noticed this threat on toilet roll. As per information, IndiGo flight number 6E 7308 operating from Jabalpur to Hyderabad was diverted to Nagpur due to a bomb threat. There were 67 passengers. At 8 am, the IndiGo flight took off for Hyderabad from Dumna Airport in Jabalpur as scheduled. At around 9.20 am, the captain of the plane made an emergency landing in Nagpur. Some time after taking off from Jabalpur, Jyotismita Sakia, a member of the crew, went to the washroom. Here she saw a message written in blue ink on a piece of toilet roll. It read - 'Blast @ 9'. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 Tyagi resigns as JD(U) spokesperson Chhatarpur newborn dies after birth in hospital toilet Social activists and students shout slogans during a protest march to condemn the rape and murder of a doctor, in Kolkata on Sunday KOLKATA E-paper Edit PM should say ‘No thanks’ to Sharif invite P.8 MY HOSPITAL: Women docs unsafe even in their duty rooms Jr docs thrash accused black & blue, hand him over to police MUMBAI PTI FP News Service NEW DELHI CHHATARPUR Janata Dal (United) spokesperson K C Tyagi, whose stand on various issues often ran contradictory to that of his party's ally BJP, has resigned. The JD(U) said in a statement on Sunday that its president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has appointed Rajiv Ranjan Prasad as its national spokesperson. It attributed Tyagi's resignation to "personal reasons". In his letter to Kumar, the former MP and socialist leader said he has been unable to do justice as a spokesperson due to his involvement in other works. He said he had made the request earlier as well. A heart-wrenching incident unfolded at Eshanagar Community Health Centre in Chhatarpur on Saturday late night when a pregnant woman gave birth to a baby in the hospital's toilet, resulting in newborn's death. The family of the woman has accused the duty nurse of demanding a bribe for assisting in the delivery and when they were unable to pay, the nurse allegedly refused to help and instructed them to go to district hospital. The incident occurred late Saturday night when Balkishan Adivasi from Salaiya village brought his 24-year-old pregnant wife, Prembai Adivasi, to the health centre for delivery. According to Balkishan, the nurse Preeti Prajapati demanded Rs 2,000 for conducting the delivery. When they couldn’t pay, the nurse refused to assist and told inspector Rambabu Yadav, and a head constable and a constable over the custodial death, ASP said. He claimed that prima facie it appears that Sunny died by suicide. Meanwhile, heavy police force has been deployed around the police station after Sunny's family and acquaintances started a protest alleging foul play over his death. Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL fp Briefs IMPHAL Manipur firing kills woman A woman was killed and four others were injured when suspected militants launched a gun-andbomb attack in Manipur's Imphal West district on Sunday, police said. According to police, the militants fired indiscriminately from hilltop positions towards the low-lying valley areas of Koutruk and neighbouring Kadangband killing the woman and injuring four others, including her eight-yearold daughter and a police officer. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan hit out at West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee in wake of sensational rape cum murder incident of trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital. He stated that efforts are being made to hush up the bone chilling incident which is height of atrocity. He said this during his Vidisha tour on Sunday. During his tour to Vidisha, he inaugurated the statue of former Union minister Sushma Swaraj (who once represented Vidisha in Lok Sabha) and participated in Lakhpati Didi programme. He also held a massive roadshow in Ganjbasoda and Vidisha. He went on a train from Bhopal till Ganjbasoda. While going to Vidisha, he stopped briefly to inspect the soyabean crop in a Couple, two sons commit suicide A couple and their two sons allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in their house in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir-Champa district, police said on Sunday. The family was found in a critical condition on Friday and died while undergoing treatment at different hospitals on Saturday night, an official said. field and spoke to farmers. At a public meeting, he said the entire country is horrified by the Bengal incident and even the President and Supreme Court have spoken against it. But Mamta has become “Nirmam” (uncaring). FIR was not lodged for hours. Later, a crowd barged inside the hospital to destroy the evidences. 4Continued on | P6 On DAP and urea Chouhan said that there will be no dearth of urea and DAP. If the price of DAP increases above Rs 1350 then PM has decided to give Rs 625 crores for DAP. “ But the rate of DAP will not increase” he claimed. Centre gives Rs 2100 subsidy on urea and this arrangement will be made more practical. 4Continued on | P6 Hindu teachers being hounded in B’desh PTI JANJGIR Former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurates bust of former Union minister Sushma Swaraj DHAKA At least 49 teachers belonging to minority communities were forced to resign in Bangladesh after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government on August 5, according to a minority organisation in the violence-hit nation. The Bangladesh Chhatra Oikya Parishad, the student wing of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad, said this at a press conference on Saturday, The Daily Star newspaper reported. The organisation's coor- Bangladesh saw several incidents of violence against members of Hindu, Buddhist and Christian communities following the fall of the Hasina-led Awami League government last month dinator, Sajib Sarkar, said in the students' violence that ensued for days following the ouster and fleeing of 76-yearold prime minister Hasina, minority teachers across the country faced physical assault, and at least 49 of them were forced to resign. However, 19 of them were reinstated later, the report quoted him as saying. Sarkar added that religious and ethnic minorities have also faced attacks, looting, assault on women, vandalism of temples, arson attacks on homes and businesses, and killings during this period. Hasina resigned and fled to India on August 5 following unprecedented anti-govern- ment student-led protests over a controversial quota system in government jobs. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, 84, who is leading the interim government as its Chief Advisor, met the country's Hindu community leaders at a reception he hosted for them last week. Yunus vowed to promote interfaith harmony and said he wanted to build a Bangladesh where everyone can practice their faith without any fear and where no temple needs to be guarded. 4Continued on | P6 9 dead in Andhra rains PTI HYDERABAD Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu reviewed the weather situation with senior officials on Sunday and asked them to incorporate technologies such as drones to assess the deluge and accordingly plan the relief works. He said 13,227 people were evacuated from 294 villages in five districts, reported news agency PTI. "Until now nine people died due to the heavy rains. Police, NDRF and SDRF teams rescued 600 people from the marooned places. offgrid 2 new spider species discovered in Western Ghats: ZSI Mimetus Spinatus (L) Mimetus Parvulus (R) Agencies KOLKATA The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata, has announced the discovery of two species of spiders from the southern part of the Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot. The new species—mimetus spinatus and mimetus parvulus—were collected from the Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka and Kerala’s Ernakulam district, respectively. The discoveries brought the number of mimetus species in India to three, all of which have been spotted in the southern part of the country. Dr Dhriti Banerjee, Director, ZSI, said, “The Western Ghats play a crucial role in the climatic conditions of the country and continue to surprise scientists with their high levels of endemism. New species were collected from Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka and Kerala’s Ernakulam district These new discoveries highlight the need for continued exploration and conservation efforts in this region, which is one of the world’s hottest biodiversity hotspots.” The previous discovery of a mimetus species in India (mimetus indicus) was made 118 years ago. This long gap emphasises the need for more extensive surveys and research into the taxonomy and biogeography of pirate spiders in India, the ZSI said in a statement. The discoveries were made by a team led by the ZSI’s Dr Souvik Sen. Dr Sudhin P P, also from the ZSI, and Dr Pradeep M Sankaran of Sacred Heart College at Thevara in Kerala, were also part of the research team. The discovery has been published in the ZOOTAXA journal. Both species belong to the spider family mimetidae, commonly known as pirate or cannibal spiders owing to their unique predatory behaviour. 4Continued on | P6 Kin of woman sitting outside the community health centre in Chhatarpur's Ishanagar, who are lamenting the loss of the newborn baby them to take Prembai to district hospital. While waiting, Prembai informed her sister-in-law Pyari Adivasi that she needed to use the bathroom. Pyari told her that the hospital toilet was dark. As Prembai entered, she suddenly began screaming. When Pyari rushed, she found that Prembai had given birth but the newborn had fallen into the toilet bowl, injuring its head. Despite family's pleas, the nurse refused to come, and after about 10 minutes of begging the nurse and hospital sweeper for help, the newborn died in the bathroom. On Sunday morning, Balkishan along with his wife and family members, lodged a complaint against the nurse and other hospital staff at Eshanagar police station. The joint director of health services, Sagar, has suspended the nurse with immediate effect. District collector Parth Jaiswal sent a team including CMHO RP Gupta, SDM Akhil Rathore, tehsildar and patwari to the health centre. 4Continued on | P6 Docs’ body wants stern action against spurious drug suppliers Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Madhya Pradesh Shashkiya/Swashaiya Chikitsak Mahasangh has written a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Yadav demanding lodging an FIR and life imprisonment to director of medicine suppliers company for supplying sub-standard medicine. Chief patron of Mahasangh Dr Rakesh Malviya said, “On complaint of doctors, 10 life saving drugs of ICU and Operation (OT) have been found sub-standard in lab test. Even ORS has been found sub-standard. Substandard ORS impact adversely in diarrhoea cases. The issue first came to light when doctors at a government hospital in Indore saw that patients were not responding to treatment as expected. This prompted an investigation into the medicines supplied by MPPHSCL, uncovering significant irregularities. A large batch of medicines, including life-saving drugs FIR should be immediately lodged against director of company that supplied the medicines and there must be provision for life imprisonment, Dr Malviya added and antibiotics, was found to be of poor quality, prompting immediate action. Many injections were not working as expected; those that should be administered once had to be given twice in MGM, Indore. The situation turned dire in Damoh, where five pregnant women died after they took intravenous saline. In response, MPPHSCL has banned the use of these medicines across the state.