JJ Hospital JJ HospitalOVER THREE years after JJ Hospital dean Dr T P Lahane was booked for allegedly making a casteist remark about a staffer, the prosecution has dropped the list of witnesses after two, including the complainant, turned hostile. The prosecution declared him hostile after he did not support its case. In February 2014, around 500-600 employees working on a temporary basis at JJ Hospital had gone on a strike to seek permanent jobs. According to the initial complaint, the complainant, Naresh Waghela, along with his friends was standing outside the Outpatients Department on February 14, 2014. While in the FIR, the complainant had said that Lahane then abused him with a casteist remark, in his deposition he said that the part of the complaint was “not correct”.

Source: Indian Express August 21, 2017 21:56 UTC