IMA demands unqualified apology from SP, inspector

patna: the state unit of the indian medical association (ima), at its emergency meeting here on sunday, demanded unqualified apology from the senior sp of patna, sunil kumar, and the inspector-cum-officer in charge of the danapur police station, pramod kumar, in connection with the saturday incident in which the ima state president, dr ajay kumar, was reportedly abused by the inspector outside the office chamber of the senior sp.the ima said it will resort to agitation if the two police officials fail to tender apology to dr kumar. the meeting was held at the ima hall. giving this information to mediapersons, dr kumar said the ima is going to write to the chief minister and the director general of police about the conduct of the inspector before the senior sp. "i am feeling very much hurt as i had gone to the senior sp's chamber to announce that the members of the task force involved in the investigation into the kidnapping of dr purnendu ojha would be felicitated by the ima at a function. but instead of appreciation, i got rebuke from the cops," he observed. dr kumar said he did not go to the local police station to lodge a complaint against the erring inspector as he has lost all faith in the police, who behave rudely and that too in the presence of senior police official. a nine-member delegation of the ima state unit will meet the union home minister, l k advani, and the leader of the opposition in the lok sabha, sonia gandhi, on october 3. the delegation, comprising dr kumar, dr basant singh (state general secretary), dr narendra prasad, dr manju gita mishra, dr dilip sen, dr u p singh, dr d k choudhary, dr ravi bhushan and dr anil kumar singh, will call on prime minister atal bihari vajpayee the same day to apprise him of the torture being meted out to doctors in the state. the ima meeting turned out to a stormy one with some members objecting to dr kumar's visit to the office of the senior sp. at one stage, dr kumar offered to quit as the ima state chief if the members were so dissatisfied with him. but senior ima members, including several past presidents, requested dr kumar to ignore such remarks in the larger interest of doctors, who have become a soft target of criminals. dr kumar said dr ojha, who was kidnapped on september 25 and recovered on september 29, had requested him to accompany him to the office of the senior sp. majority of the members appreciated dr kumar's decision to accompany dr ojha., pramod kumar, in connection with the saturday incident in which the ima state president, dr ajay kumar, was reportedly abused by the inspector outside the office chamber of the senior sp. the ima said it will resort to agitation if the two police officials fail to tender apology to dr kumar. the meeting was held at the ima hall. giving this information to mediapersons, dr kumar said the ima is going to write to the chief minister and the director general of police about the conduct of the inspector before the senior sp. "i am feeling very much hurt as i had gone to the senior sp's chamber to announce that the members of the task force involved in the investigation into the kidnapping of dr purnendu ojha would be felicitated by the ima at a function. but instead of appreciation, i got rebuke from the cops," he observed. dr kumar said he did not go to the local police station to lodge a complaint against the erring inspector as he has lost all faith in the police, who behave rudely and that too in the presence of senior police official. a nine-member delegation of the ima state unit will meet the union home minister, l k advani, and the leader of the opposition in the lok sabha, sonia gandhi, on october 3. the delegation, comprising dr kumar, dr basant singh (state general secretary), dr narendra prasad, dr manju gita mishra, dr dilip sen, dr u p singh, dr d k choudhary, dr ravi bhushan and dr anil kumar singh, will call on prime minister atal bihari vajpayee the same day to apprise him of the torture being meted out to doctors in the state. the ima meeting turned out to a stormy one with some members objecting to dr kumar's visit to the office of the senior sp. at one stage, dr kumar offered to quit as the ima state chief if the members were so dissatisfied with him. but senior ima members, including several past presidents, requested dr kumar to ignore such remarks in the larger interest of doctors, who have become a soft target of criminals. dr kumar said dr ojha, who was kidnapped on september 25 and recovered on september 29, had requested him to accompany him to the office of the senior sp. majority of the members appreciated dr kumar's decision to accompany dr ojha.