Forensic report filed in case against Pachauri
body. Finally, a kind-hearted driver agreed.”
Dr NK Chaudhury, deputy superintendent of the hospital, said he had no information. “However, I should make clear that ambulance is provided to carry a patient to another hospital and not to transport a dead body,” he stated.
However, Muzaffarpur civil surgeon Dr Lalitha Singh said, “Yes, I have been informed about the matter. The driver of the mortuary van was absent. So, the vehicle could not be given. But we made arrangements for hiring an auto-rickshaw from hospital funds,” she said.
Sources said this was not the first incident at the hospital in the last six months.
The incident brought back to mind harrowing images of Odisha tribal Dana Manjhi carrying on his shoulder the body of his wife, after being denied a vehicle to carry it to his village in 2016.
The Delhi Police on Wednesday filed a forensic report in a sexual harassment case against environmentalist RK Pachauri.
The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report was filed before a metropolitan magistrate in Saket court here as part of supplementary chargesheet in the case. The court has listed the matter for further hearing on July 14.
The police had chargesheeted the former chief of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) under the Indian Penal Code’s sections 354A (advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures), 354B (using criminal force against a woman), 354D (stalking), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and 341 (wrongful restraint).
He was accused of sexually harassing a colleague in 2015.