Police registered an FIR against Shiv Sena MP Hemant Patil on Wednesday, a day after he made the acting dean of the hospital in Nanded clean a dirty toilet and urinals. The case was registered following a complaint by the acting dean, S R Wakode, on charges of obstructing the public servant from doing his duty and defaming him. This incident happened in the hospital where 31 patients had died in 48 hours. A video surfaced online in which Patil was seen handing a broom to Wakode and making him clean a toilet and wall-mounted urinals.
Between September 30 to October 2, 31 patients died at Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital. The Hingoli MP visited the hospital on Tuesday and took stock of the situation.
According to PTI, the complaint stated that while Wakode was busy preparing for a minister’s inspection tour, Patil visited the office at around 12:30 PM on Tuesday. As Patil was walking towards a ward he asked Wakode to show him the toilet when Patil found it to be in a dirty condition he ordered Wakode to clean it. A video of it went viral, which has defamed the dean, the complaint claimed.
Later, Patil also made Wakode clean a toilet in ward no. 6 (of the hospital). "This led to an increase in my blood pressure," Wakode said in the complaint.
"The government spends crores but I am pained to see the situation here. The toilets have not been cleaned for months. The toilets in the wards of the hospital are locked. No water is available in toilets," Patil, who belongs to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, was quoted by PTI.
Following a complaint by Wakode, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered on Wednesday morning against Patil and 10-15 others under Indian Penal Code section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 500 (defamation) and 506 (criminal intimidation), as well as provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.