Medical student suicide attempt: Saif forced juniors to ‘boycott’ Preethi

Saif also made fun of the mistakes made by Preethi in preparing the case-sheet of a patient during her visit to the Government Maternity Hospital on February 20, 2023.

Post Graduate(PG) second year student Dr MdSaif was arrested by the Mattewada police on Friday.

HANAMKONDA: Kakatiya Medical College (KMC) second-year post-graduate student Md Saif was formally arrested by the Mattewada police on Friday. He allegedly started harassing Dharawath Preethi since December 2022, a month after she joined PG Anaesthesia. According to Warangal Commissioner of Police A V Ranganath, Saif was shifted to Khammam Jail after being produced before the IIIrd Judicial First Class Magistrate in Warangal.

Disclosing the details to the media, Ranganath stated that there was a culture of senior students bullying their juniors in KMC like in other medical colleges. Citing an example of bullying, the CP said that senior students insisted on their juniors addressing the former as ‘Sir’ and Saif particularly targeted Preethi with his high-handed behaviour. His harassment grew after Preethi pointed out Saif’s negligence in properly inserting an endotracheal tube in a patient in MGM Hospital in December 2022, said Ranganath.

Saif also made fun of the mistakes made by Preethi in preparing the case-sheet of a patient during her visit to the Government Maternity Hospital on February 20, 2023. He posted it on the WhatsApp group of the PG students of the college with an intention to insult her.

Feeling humiliated by this, Preethi sent a message to Saif, asking him the reason for insulting her on a public domain. She warned him to mind his own business and asked him to complain to the Head of the Department (HOD) or the principal if there was any mistake on her part. Further enraged by her stand, Saif texted his fellow students not to extend cooperation to Preethi. Seniors as well as juniors started staying away from Preethi during duty hours. It was a kind of boycott. Preethi’s appeal to them to stand by her fell on deaf ears, according to Ranganath.

Following a complaint by her father, the Head of the Department of Anaesthesia spoke to Preethi and Saif separately. Later, the KMC principal warned Saif against troubling Preethi. Ranganath said that before attempting suicide, Preethi had called third-year PG student Sailesh and poured out her woes.

Sympathising with her, Sailesh told her that harassment was common in medical colleges and advised her to ignore them and move on. “We have collected all the conversations and messages from the mobile phones of Preethi and Saif. As per the evidence we have collected, there are indications that Saif deliberately targeted Preethi,” he said and ruled out religious angle to the incident.

During investigation into Preethi’s suicide attempt, police found half of Midazolam and Pentanol vials in the bottle pointing to the possibility of her injecting herself with these anaesthesia drugs. According to the CP, when the police examined Preethi’s mobile phone, they found that she searched in Google about the use of these emergency drugs kept in the MGM Hospital.“We collected the blood samples of Preethi from the NIMS where she is undergoing treatment and sent them to the Toxicology Lab for analysis,” he said.

Maoists kill 2 Armymen in Chhattisgarh

The security forces have launched a search operation in the area after the incident”, said Sundarraj P, inspector general of police (Bastar range).

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RAIPUR:  A day after three jawans were killed in an encounter at the strife-torn Sukma, the outlawed CPI (Maoist) targeted the security personnel killing one in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion triggered by them in south Bastar and shot dead an army man in Kanker.

During the last week, as many as seven personnel were killed by the Maoists in the state. “On Sunday, a head constable of Chhattisgarh Armed Force, Sanjay Lakda was killed in an IED blast detonated by Maoists in Narayanpur district. The security forces have launched a search operation in the area after the incident,” said Sundarraj P, inspector general of police (Bastar range).

In another incident, a jawan of the Indian Army Motiram Anchla who had come on leave to his village Useli in the Kanker district was killed by the suspected team of Maoists in the market area. He died on the spot. Narayanpur and Kanker are among the seven Maoist-affected districts in the conflict zone of Bastar.

Madhya Pradesh College Principal, Set On Fire By Ex Student, Dies

The district administration has invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against the former student for conspiring and committing the heinous crime. 

                 She sustained 80 per cent burns after she was set her on fire in the college premises

Indore: Five days after she was set ablaze by her former student, the 54-year-old principal of a private pharmacy college in Madhya Pradesh's Indore died during treatment at a local hospital early on Saturday, police said.

The victim, Dr Vimukta Sharma, principal of B M College of Pharmacy located under Simrol police station area, had been battling for life after former student of the institute Ashutosh Shrivastava (24) allegedly poured petrol and set her on fire over a marksheet on Monday, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Bhagwat Singh Virde told PTI.

She could not be saved despite best efforts by doctors, he said.

Shrivastava had set her on fire in the college premises leaving her 80 per cent burnt, he added.

The accused, who was arrested on Monday, is currently in police custody, Virde said.

The district administration has invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against Shrivastava for conspiring and committing the heinous crime, he said.

According to the police official, the accused was earlier booked for attempted murder, but now after the death of the principal, a charge of murder is being added in the first information report (FIR).

Virde said Shrivastava told the police during his interrogation that the authorities of B M College were not handing over the marksheet of BPharm examination which he had cleared in July 2022.

However, the college management termed Shrivastava's claim as false and alleged that he has criminal tendencies. The college authorities also claimed that despite being asked to collect his marksheet repeatedly, he did not take the document.

Turkey Begins To Rebuild Homes For 1.5 Million Left Homeless By Quakes

More than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in the Feb. 6 earthquakes that killed tens of thousands in Turkey and neighbouring Syria. 

Around 500,000 new homes required to be rebuilt in Turkey, says United Nations Development Programme

Antakya/Ankara, Turkey: Turkey has begun work to rebuild homes following this month's devastating earthquakes, a government official said on Friday, as the combined death count in Turkey and Syria surpassed 50,000.

More than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in the Feb. 6 earthquakes that killed tens of thousands in Turkey and neighbouring Syria.

The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announced the death count in Turkey due to earthquakes rose to 44,218 on Friday night.

With Syria's latest announced death count of 5,914, the combined death count in the two countries rose to above 50,000.

Facing an election within months, President Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to rebuild homes within a year, although experts have said the authorities should put safety before speed. Some buildings that were meant to withstand tremors crumbled in the latest earthquakes.

"For several projects, tenders and contracts have been done. The process is moving very fast," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity, adding there would be no compromise on safety.

Authorities say tents have been dispatched for the many who are homeless, but people have reported trouble accessing them.

"I have eight children. We are living in a tent. There is water on top (of the tent) and the ground is damp. We are asking for more tents and they don't give them to us," Melek, 67, who was waiting in a line to collect aid outside a high school in the town of Hassa.

The school was being used as an aid distribution center by a group of volunteers called Interrail Turkey. One volunteer, Sumeyye Karabocek, said the shortage of tents remained the biggest problem.

HALF A MILLION NEW HOMES NEEDED

Erdogan's government has endured a wave of criticism over both its response to the devastation and what many Turks say were years of non-enforcement of construction quality control.

The Turkish government's initial plan now is to build 200,000 apartments and 70,000 village houses at a cost of at least $15 billion, he said. U.S. bank JPMorgan had estimated rebuilding houses and infrastructure will cost $25 billion.

The UNDP said it estimated that the destruction has left 1.5 million people homeless, with 500,000 new homes needed.

It said it had requested $113.5 million from the $1 billion in funds appealed for by the United Nations last week, adding that it would focus this money on clearing away mountains of rubble.

The UNDP estimates that the disaster had produced between 116 million and 210 million tons of rubble, compared with 13 million tons of rubble after the earthquake in northwest Turkey in 1999.

Turkey also issued new regulations under which companies and charities can build homes and workplaces to donate to the urbanisation ministry for people in need.

Many survivors have left the region of southern Turkey that was hit by the quake or have been settled in tents, container homes and other government-sponsored accommodation.

In Antakya, Saeed Sleiman Ertoglu, 56, loaded up what remained of his stock from his waterpipe shop that was not damaged.

"The glassware was very beautiful, more than usual, but then we had this (earthquake), and it all got ruined," he said, after his home and shop survived the first tremors but not the later one. He estimated that just 5% of his merchandise survived.

"What can we do?," he said. "This is an act of God, and God's will always bears gifts."

US Billionaire Thomas Lee Dies By Suicide In Office

Thomas Lee, a pioneer of private equity investment and leveraged buyouts, died by suicide at the age of 78 at his Manhattan office on Thursday.  

                                  Thomas Lee was the Founder and Chairman of Lee Equity.

American billionaire Thomas Lee, who was considered a pioneer of private equity investment and leveraged buyouts, died by suicide at the age of 78 at his Manhattan office on Thursday, according to a report in the New York Post. 

The businessman was declared dead at his Fifth Avenue Manhattan office, the headquarters of his investment firm, on Thursday morning around 11:10 am local time when police responded to an emergency 911 call. The outlet added that Mr Lee died by "a self-inflicted gunshot wound" and life-saving efforts were unsuccessful.  He was spotted on the bathroom's floor in his office by a female assistant. She had gone to look for him since she had not heard from him since morning. 

Furthermore, the first-responders found Mr Lee "lying on his side with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head". 

According to a report in Fox News, Thomas Lee's family friend and spokesperson Michael Sitrick said in a statement, "The family is extremely saddened by Tom's death. While the world knew him as one of the pioneers in the private equity business and a successful businessman, we knew him as a devoted husband, father, grandfather, sibling, friend and philanthropist who always put others' needs before his own."

Thomas Lee was the Founder and Chairman of Lee Equity, which he founded in 2006 and previously served as Chairman and CEO of Thomas H. Lee Partners, which he founded in 1974. The Lincoln Center, the Museum of Modern Art, Brandeis University, Harvard University and the Museum of Jewish Heritage were among the institutions he served on the boards of as a trustee and philanthropist.

Over the past 46 years, the billionaire was responsible for investing more than $15 billion in hundreds of deals, including the purchase and later sales of well-known brands like Warner Music and Snapple Beverages. Reportedly, he was one of the first financiers to buy businesses using money borrowed against the business entity. It is now referred as a "leveraged buyout".