Defamation case likely against hospital for writing Municipal Commissioner’s name in invite without permission

On Thursday evening, SMC’s Udhna Zone Chief Gajendra Chauhan handed an exertion to Surat Police to registry an offence against infirmary authorities for putting the sanction of Agrawal successful the invitation card.

However, constabulary told Chauhan that nary transgression lawsuit could beryllium made against the accused based connected the application, advising him to record a defamation case.

Pandesara constabulary inspector H M Gadhvi said, “We person taken suggestions from ineligible advisers and apical constabulary officials and recovered that, connected the ground of the application, determination is nary transgression lawsuit which tin beryllium made against the accused. We person advised the complainant that they person lone 1 enactment near and that is to lodge a defamation case.”

Talking to The Indian Express, Chauhan said, “Going by the instructions of the municipal commissioner, we person handed the exertion to the Pandesara constabulary station. The infirmary authorities had not taken written oregon oral consent of the municipal commissioner earlier putting her sanction successful the invitation card. Police officials suggested that we should proceed with a defamation complaint, which we would bash aft taking the consent of the Municipal Commissioner.”

Meanwhile, connected Friday afternoon, Chief District Health Officer Dr Anil Patel and his squad visited the infirmary premises, wherever they had called the owners to furnish applicable certificates. However, the owners did not crook up. “We volition instrumentality a announcement astatine the hospital, instructing the owners to stay contiguous astatine the territory wellness bureau with indispensable aesculapian grade certificates. If they neglect to bash truthful successful 5 days, we volition instrumentality strict actions against them. Once we get their certificates, we volition verify them,” said Dr Patel.

Built connected the premises of a defunct theatre, Janseva infirmary was inaugurated successful Bamroli connected Sunday. Four radical – Dr B R Shukla, Dr G P Mishra, Dr R K Dubey, and retired constabulary sub inspector Pramod Tiwari — are associated partners astatine the hospital.

While, Dr Shukla and Dr Dubey were arrested by Surat constabulary past period for moving a dispensary without eligible degrees, 3 cases nether prohibition enactment were registered against Dr Mishra with Surat and Navsari Police successful 2020. All of them are presently retired connected bail.

Notably, earlier the inauguration, the infirmary had sent retired an invitation paper containing the names of Municipal Commissioner Agrawal arsenic Chief Guest and Surat Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut on with Joint Police Commissioner, Traffic and Crime, Raghvendra Vatsa arsenic guests of honour.

While Vatsa attended the event, Gahlaut and Agrawal gave it a miss.

Sources said the infirmary owners had taken the aged theatre connected rent past period and renovated it into the Janseva hospital.