Protest over alleged mistreatment of Vimala: A&N Administration Fails to Communicate Properly, Resorts to Lathi Charge on Protesters
TMI Correspondent Port Blair, July 10: On the first day of the protest, on 07/07/2024, about 200 people gathered in front of the office of the Directorate of Health Services (DHS), led by Mr. Hemaraju, General Secretary of the Fishermen Welfare Association, Mr. Maheshwar Rao from BJP Yuva Morcha, PBMC Councillors Mr. Someshwar Rao, Mr. Padmanabam, Mr. Joga Rao, Mr. Sahul Hameed, and others, including Dr. Arun Mallick, Mr. Satyanarayana, Mrs. Mohini, and others. They put forth some demands before the Director (Health) and Director (ANIIMS), such as details of inoculation given to the deceased V. Vimala, a post-mortem to be done by specialist doctors of Health Services, Defence/Dhanwantri Doctors under video surveillance with full transparency, and compensation on security grounds for the one-and-a-half-year-old child of the late V. Vimala. The management agreed and looked forward to constituting a committee accordingly. On the second day of the protest, on 08/07/2024, in the morning...