BENGALURU: A 52-year-old man, who had allegedly barged into Jayanagar General Hospital, abused and threatened a woman Deputy Chief Medical Officer, was arrested by the Tilaknagar police on Tuesday. The accused is Ramanand Sagar, a resident of Tilaknagar. He was arrested based on a complaint by Ramadevi R, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the hospital, on April 27.
Ramadevi had alleged in her complaint that she was on night shift on March 20 when a patient was brought in. When she was treating him, Sagar allegedly barged into the casualty ward around 10.30 pm and abused her saying ‘What sort of a doctor is she?’ and threatened her.
Police said Sagar was allegedly harassing doctors and nurses at the hospital in collusion with a senior officer of the hospital. Following complaints, officials of the Karnataka State Commission for Women had visited the hospital in April and had heard the woes of the staff. They had alleged that Sagar had the backing of a senior officer in the hospital and with his help, he gathered information about the staff’s attendance. He filed complaints against them with the senior officer and demanded money from the staff. Also, he used to seek information about the staff under RTI and demand money from them.
Sagar allegedly assaulted a security guard who tried to stop him, and the guard left the job after that. He had also abused the nurses. But no one had dared to file a complaint against him, police said.After hearing the complaints of the hospital staff, KSCW had given a petition to the police commissioner seeking action against Sagar. A formal complaint was lodged against him. It is alleged that he also threatened those who gave information against him to KSCW officials.
HE DRESSED LIKE A COP
Sagar, who had founded Bharath Yuvajana Sene, had allegedly claimed that he was retired police officer. He attended the Sene events in police uniform. Police have booked him for this offence under provisions of the Karnataka Police Act.