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DEHRADUN, May 18: A 27-year-old Junior Resident Doctor at AIIMS-Rishikesh has been charged with "promoting enmity between different groups" after he allegedly distributed sweets at the hospital on April 23, a day after 26 people were killed in the terror attack in Pahalgam.
The complaint was filed alleging that the act "hurt people's sentiments" and was "suspected to be a celebration of the heinous killing of tourists".
It added that the Doctor distributed sweets to nursing staff and colleagues in the trauma centre's emergency room but when one of the staffers asked him why he was distributing sweets, he said they were for Eid but was no Eid.
It added that they held a demonstration on the hospital premises in late April, demanding action from the hospital administration.
Thereafter some other political members said they wrote to the DGP after there was no response from the hospital management. We also informed the CM's office, as the act reflected anti-national sentiment.
A case was finally filed on Friday & an FIR against the Doctor was filed at Rishikesh Kotwali police station under BNS sections 196(1)(a) and 196(1)(b) (promoting enmity and disharmony between different religious groups), and 197(1)(a) (making unfounded insinuations against a group) but the doctor has denied the charges.
More reports awaited.
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