Missing MYH medico found in Ujjain after two days

Missing MYH medico found in Ujjain after two days

 TIMES NEWS NETWORK  16.09.2024 

Indore : Dr Hemant Girwal, the first-year PG resident at MY Hospital who had been missing for the past two days was found at near Ramghat under Mahakal police station of Ujjain on Sunday night. “We were alerted by Sanyogitaganj police station that the mobile phone of Dr Hemant was switched on for a few minutes and the location was found to be near Ramghat. Based on the information a team was rushed to the spot and the doctor was found. He has been brought to the police station but is not in the state to speak. Sanyogitaganj police team is on its way to take him back,” Mahakal police station in-charge Ajay Verma told TOI. Dr Hemant in the Orthopaedics department of the Medical College had gone missing on Friday afternoon after appearing before a committee to probe some allegations levelled against him by a female doctor. His phone was switched off around 5:00 pm after which he went missing. 

Dr Girwal was on Thursday posted in operation theatre 7 and had gone to operation theatre 2 for some work when he bumped into a senior female doctor, who filed a complaint against him. The resident doctors are now demanding the removal of the female doctor who had accused Dr Girwal, fuelling the controversy. On Saturday, the situation escalated as resident doctors staged a significant protest within the hospital premises, which nearly resulted in a physical alterca- tion with senior doctors. The Resident Doctors’Association (RDA) remains firm in their demand for action against the female doctor, while the Medical Teachers’Association has come forward to oppose the behaviour of the protesting residents. In response to the escalating situation, the MGM medical college dean, Sanjay Dixit, said, "A five-member investigation team headed by Dr Sumitra Yadav has been constituted to look into the matter.

It has come to the fore that the doctor's mobile phone was switched on for a brief  moment and the last location was found to be in Kshipra, based on which police are trying to look for him." Sanyogitaganj police station in-charge, Satish Patel had earlier sent a team there after reports that Dr Girwal might be in Simrol but he was not found there.

Living woman declared dead with help of patwari to grab her land; man held

Living woman declared dead with help of patwari to grab her land; man held 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK 16.09.2024

Bhopal/Jabalpur : A living woman was shown as dead using a fake death certificate, and her land was fraudulently transferred into someone else’s name in Katni district. The accused, who got the land transferred to his name, was arrested by Katni police on Friday. The patwari who had helped him do so was already arrested earlier. The accused has been identified as Rajesh Kol, 47, a resident of Katni town. Police said that on April 11 this year, a case was registered at Kaimor Police Station against the accused Ram Lal Gautia, a resident of Vijayraghavgarh, and the accused Rajesh Kol. The investigation was underway. 

The accused Rajesh Kol had falsely declared Ratiya Kol, son of Hariprasad Kol, a resident of Kalhara, Kaimor, as deceased and, in collusion with the patwari Ram Lal Gautia, fraudulently transferred the land of the living landowner to his own name. An inquiry report regarding the mutation was requested from the patwari, who reported on March 20, 2023, that the land in question was currently registered in the name of Ratiya, son of Hariprasad Kol. The death certificate falsely recorded Ratiya Bai's death on March 15, 1998. The accused and the patwari had used this false death certificate to transfer the land to Rajesh Kol's name. 

When the living Ratiya Kol learned of this, she provided proof of being alive and filed a complaint. The investigation by the tehsildar of Vijayraghavgarh was in favour of the living person, confirming the fraudulent transfer by Ram Lal Gautia and Rajesh Kol. Based on the tehsildar's report, the crime was registered, and an investigation was conducted. Ram Lal Gautia was previously arrested, while Rajesh Kol had been absconding since the incident. He was arrested on September 13, said police.

Man tries to exploit flood situation by pushing wife into swollen river

Man tries to exploit flood situation by pushing wife into swollen river 

MAN ARRESTED

P.Naveen@timesofindia.com 16.09.2024 

Bhopal : A 45-year-old man in Gwalior district attempted to take advantage of the severe flooding in the Dabra region to murder his wife after she came to know about his extramarital affairs. He reportedly pushed her into the overflowing Parvati River and returned home. The suspect, Dalveer Jatav, allegedly pushed his wife, Savitribai Jatav, into the flood-swollen river with the intention to take advantage of the natural disaster to conceal his crime, say police. 

Dalveer resides in the Dabra Tehsil of Gwalior district, an area that was completely submerged three days ago due to heavy rains. The army, State Disaster Emer gency Response Force (SDERF), and local administration successfully rescued over 400 people, saving their lives amid the severe flooding. Dalveer, who works in the Public Works Department, has now been charged with the murder of his wife. Savitribai Jatav had gone missing on September 12. The missing person report was filed by her son when she failed to return home. Dalveer, however, feigned concern while the police conducted searches. But the investigation soon focused on him due to inconsistencies in his story and evidence of marital discord.

 According to police re ports, Dalveer lured Savitribai to the river, which was swollen and flowing due to heavy rains in the region. Under the guise of showing her the extent of the flooding, he pushed her into the turbulent waters. Savitribai, who was employed by the Tribal Welfare Department and had been troubled by her husband’s extramarital affair, was swept away and drowned. Dalveer eventually confessed to the crime during police interrogation, admitting that he had taken advantage of the flood situation to dispose of his wife’s body.  The police are now engaged in a search operation in the Parvati River, despite challenging conditions due to the ongoing flood.

HC fines naib tehsildar ₹50k for wrong interpretation of order

HC fines naib tehsildar ₹50k for wrong interpretation of order 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK 16.09.2024 

Bhopal/Jabalpur : The MP high court imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on a naib tehsildar for the wrong interpretation of a high court order and passing an illegal order giving possession of a shop to two person, citing the court order. The court further asked to initiate contempt proceedings against the naib tehsildar for the lapse. 

A Jabalpur resident, Praveen Gupta, in his petition, said that he and his sisters had left a portion of the shop for their mother, Shakuntala. His mother later sold the shop under her possession to respondents Manoj Kumar and Mukesh Tarpade. They had sought police protection to take posses- sion of the shop. When police force was not provided to them, they moved the High Court with the prayer to provide them police protection, but the court rejected the petition. They later filed a review petition in the court. Hearing the review petition, the court asked SP, Jabalpur, to decide on their application for police protection. 

However, the naib tehsildar in charge of the area passed an order giving possession of the shop to the two respondents, citing the court order. The petitioner said that the naib tehsildar wrongly interpreted the court order because the court had not given an order to give the respondents possession of the shop. During the hearing of the petition, the bench of Justice S. G. Ahluwalia found that the naib tehsildar had wrongly interpreted the court order and passed the order to give possession of the shop to the two respondents. There was no order to this effect in the review petition by the High Court. Taking serious note of the lapse by the naib tehsildar, the court imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on him and also ordered that contempt proceedings be initiated against him in the case.

NEET counselling: Paperwork tires aspirants, thrills shops

NEET counselling: Paperwork tires aspirants, thrills shops

SruthySusan.Ullas@timesofindia.com 16.09.2024

Bengaluru : On any NEET counselling day at the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) headquarters on 18th Main Road, Malleswaram, you’ll find crowds thronging photocopying shops in the neighbourhood. As KEA mandates that candidates should submit notarised bonds in the format provided on stamp papers of Rs 20 and Rs 100 for MBBS admissions, shops in the area make a killing, charging Rs 400. Parents and students complain that shops fleece them as they struggle to ensure they have all papers done right. 

“There is no clarity on whether the annexure can be produced on e-stamp paper. The choice 2 candidates were first asked to deposit only the fees and suddenly on Friday (Sept 6), the first 60K rank holders were asked to verify their documents in person on Monday (Sept 9, which came after two closed holidays). So there was no other way for the students but to be at the mercy of notaries and shops operating in tandem. The two affidavits were supposed to be on stamp papers priced Rs 20 and Rs 100, respectively, but the shops charged Rs 400 for stamp papers for each annexure,” said a student’s parent. 

Lanes next to the KEA office are dotted with shops that know the exercise well. There are stamp papers ready to be typed with the details you seek and notaries at hand to sign and affix their seals to the documents. There are annexures 1 (general affidavit) and annexure 9 (rural service bond), St John’s Medical College undertaking and antiragging affidavits — all at their fingertips. Many parents have demanded that the process of attestation be removed. “It is unnecessary... I made a notarised officer sign more than 30 sheets of paper. We were not sure which documents had to be attested, so we got all attested. Isn’t self-attestation enough? Why are we continuing with these bureaucratic processes?” said another student’s parent.

In annexure 1, students testify they have not taken seats through any other exams, have not surrendered seats before or will not submit fake documents. Annexure 9 is about willingness to  take up rural service after graduating. KEA maintained only Rs 20 and Rs 100 bond papers are being asked for. 

NMC introduces seat upgrade option in the third counselling round Candidates can enrol in the medical college of their choice if they are not satisfied with the ones allotted in earlier rounds

NMC introduces seat upgrade option in the third counselling round Candidates can enrol in the medical college of their choice if they are not satisfied with the ones allotted in earlier rounds

Sonal.Srivastava@timesofindia.com 16.09.2024 

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) recently released a list of 6,947 virtual vacancies for MBBS, BDS, and BSc Nursing admissions for the second round of counselling. Earlier, students were allowed to apply for a seat upgrade only in the first and second rounds. To increase flexibility and transparency, the National Medical Commission (NMC) will also allow candidates to opt for an upgrade in the third round of counselling.

A virtual seat is created in a medical college when the candidate who has been allotted that seat decides to opt for a seat upgrade in the next round of counselling. Once the candidates get the upgrade/seat of their choice, the seat allotted earlier becomes a clear vacancy and will be allotted to the next candidate on the rank list. This year several virtual seats have been added to medical colleges across various states and Union Ter ritories, including Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Delhi (NCT), Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal. 

“Virtual vacancies are not clear vacancies; they are not vacated yet. If somebody is holding a seat and wants to upgrade to a better college/seat, that seat will be marked as a virtual vacancy. Only when the candidate who has asked for an upgrade gets an upgraded seat will his/her seat become a clear vacancy. If the candidate does not get a seat, his seat will not be allocated to another candidate.

Virtual vacancies are those where the person holding the seat vacates it for a higher seat,” says Dr B Srinivas, secretary, NMC. Students had the upgrade option for the first and second counselling rounds for the last few years, but from this year onwards, candidates will be able to apply for the seat upgrade after the third round of counselling, too. 

“Choice filling is left to the students, and they can opt for as many seats as they want. The idea is that the seats should not remain vacant. If the candidates go for an upgrade, then vacant seats should be filled,” says Dr Srinivas. Govt seats fill up first He points out that seats in government colleges are the first to be taken. Most seats remain vacant in private colleges, or NRI seats might get fewer takers. “Allowing candidates to upgrade seats enhances student mobility. They can either choose a government college or a private one,” says Dr Srinivas. The reason for the introduction of the virtual vacancies was to prevent seats from being wasted.

“Virtual vacancy is a good option to prevent the seats from remaining vacant in prestigious colleges. It increases accessibility in the admission process, reduces the paperwork, and provides a clear picture to candidates. However, technical issues might cause unnecessary problems. It is essential that all candidates know about virtual vacancies; often, candidates in rural areas are not aware of these vacancies and lose the opportunity. Another challenge is that if the deemed or private colleges get to know about the candidate leaving the institute, they might force the candidate to apply for the next round, so they can use his seat for their stray vacancy round,” says Dr KM Abul Hasan, chairman, IMA Junior Doctor’s Network.

Arappor sends CM, DVAC coffee powder to wake up

Arappor sends CM, DVAC coffee powder to wake up

VenkadesanS@timesofindia.com 

Chennai : Anti-graft organisation Arappor Iyakkam on Sunday launched a novel campaign called 'Wake Up DVAC' to highlight the poor performance of the anti-corruption agency in the last three years on probing corruption complaints. The protesters sent coffee powder to DVAC chief Abhay Kumar Singh, as well as chief minister M K Stalin and chief secretary N Muruganandham on Sunday. The sachet of coffee powder also had a petition attached that elaborated how DVAC has been sleeping on a number of bribery and corruption complaints against govt officials in various departments.

 “DVAC registered 281 regular FIRs in 2019, but the number dwindled to 130 and 140 in the years 2022, 2023, and 72 so far this year,” sa id the petition. According to Arappor Iyakkam, Chennai units of DVAC have registered only four cases this year, while the number was 55 in 2019. "More importantly, it is shocking to learn that the eight Chennai units of DVAC together have not even filed a single FIR since June," said Jayaram Venkatesan, founder, Arappor Iyakkam. He said that out of the 32 complaints filed by Arappor Iyakkam since 2017 about corruption to the tune of several thousand crores in different govt departments, DVAC has converted only four of them into FIRs. The campaign accused the DVAC and state govt of intentionally delaying investigations and approvals, protecting corrupt officials. "We hope that the coffee powder will be a wake-up call to the authorities to act on the complaints against corrupt officials who have swindled taxpayers' money," he added.