HISAR: Hisar Police have registered a
case against biologist Ramesh Poonia, a Covid warrior, for allegedly insulting the modesty of a woman doctor of a private hospital.
According to sources,
Dr Ritu Khurana, whose husband run the private hospital, was tested positive on September 1, 2020.
Her husband Dr Karnjit did not close the hospital and also refused to give his sample for testing. But on September 10, 2020 he gave a sample of himself and his father in the office of a BJP leader.
On September 12, 2020 both of them tested positive but when the health team went to the hospital, they drove the team out of the hospital with the help of security guards and kept accepting patients in OPD. Later, the health department closed the hospital with the help of police and created a containment zone there.
Sources said the doctor threatened the duty magistrate of the containment zone and tore the poster of home isolation and went to the gym while Covid-19 posited. When he was tested again, he again tested positive.
On December 15, 2020 Dr Karnajit and Dr Ritu Khurana presented before the inquiry committee constituted by civil surgeon Dr Ratna Bharti, comprising deputy civil surgeon Dr Jaya Goel, Dr Subhash Khatreja and Dr Uma Aggarwal, threatened Poonia in front of all the committee members. The inquiry committee, referring to this incident, submitted its report to the civil surgeon.
Deputy superintendent of police Ashok Kumar gave his report after investigation on January 13, 2021 and recommended to register a case against the doctor couple under sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of Indian Penal Code and Section 54 (false warning) of Disaster Management Act.
Following the recommendation of the DSP, the Urban Estate police registered a case on the complaint of Poonia on February 5, 2021.
Meanwhile, the city police station registered a case on a complaint by Dr Ritu Khurana against Poonia under relevant sections of the IPC.