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ADILAKHZERCHANDIGARH, JANUARY20

AT LEAST two staffers at aChandigarh governmenthospi-tal,whoworked in its X-ray de-partment, have been detectedwith high levels of radiation,withoneofthemsentforfurtherexamination to the BhabaAtomic ResearchCentre (BARC)inMumbai.

Oneofthestafferswasadarkroom assistant, while the otherwas a technical assistant in theradiography department of theGovernment Multi SpecialityHospital (GMSH) here. Both arewomen. Both have been takenoff their labdutiesandassignedclericalworkatanothergovern-menthospital.

The BARCwill examine thedarkroomassistantonFebruary

1. She is to undergo a Chrom-osomeAberration test there.

Dr Vandana Gupta, medicalsuperintendent, GMSH, con-firmedtoTheIndianExpressthatthehospitalhadreceivedreportsof twostaffmemberswithoverexposureofTLD(radiationmon-itoring).

Wearesendingoneofthemfortest,toseeif thewomanisre-ally exposed to radiation or itwasduetosomefault intheTLDbadge,shesaid.Wearealreadytakingmeasuresforthesafetyoftheemployees.

TheTLDbadgeor thermolu-minescentdosimeteriswornbyradiographystaffandisusedformonitoringradiationlevels.Thebadges are sent every threemonthstoanagencyinBiharau-thorised by BARC, and BARCsends the analysis back to thehospital. In the last report that

the GMSH received, BARCflaggedthehighexposureof thetwoemployees.

Guptasaidoneof thestaffershadgiveninwritingthatshehadleft her badge inside the room,and that the high reading wasbecause of this. We think thatthe other one, too, was not fol-lowing the guidelines , but weare sending her to BARC just toensure that everything is okaywithher, saidGupta .

GMSH, located in Chan-digarhs Sector-16, has three X-raymachines in three separaterooms.Onavisit to thehospitalon Wednesday, The IndianExpress saw X-rays being con-ductedinroomswiththeirdoorsopen,woodenslatsusedasshut-ters in one of the rooms andnon-functional red and greenalertbulbs.

Sources said before the two

staffersweredetectedwithhighradiationexposure,ateamfromBARC had visited the hospitalandaskedtheadministrationtomodifythedepartmenttoen-surethesafetyoftheemployees.Guptaconfirmedthis.

Ateamcamehereforthein-spection and they suggestedsomemodificationsfortheX-raymachine rooms and we areworking on it. We have thedrawings ready and we havesent them to the engineeringwing, shesaid.

Explaining the lack of infra-structure, Gupta said that thehospital is very old andwhenthedepartmentwassetup,therewerenoguidelines.Wearenowmodifyingitaccordingtothelat-est guidelines by the BARC inMumbai, shesaid.

She said the hospital hadtaken full precautions by re-

placing the lead sheets thatstaffers must wear while con-ductingX-rays.Theradiographydepartment of the hospital hasaround12technicians.

Sushmita Ghosal, ProfessorandHead,DepartmentofRadio-therapy, PGIMER, said: The ra-diation safety officer must seewhatwentwrong andwhy thisis happening. If the regulatoryauthority has suggested ame-thod of correction, it should beimplemented immediately.

UT Director of HealthServicesDrVKGagneja,who isalso heading the hospital, saidthey are investigating themat-ter.Wearecheckingif thereisaleakage inside the room or thelevelwasrecordedhighbecausethestaffhadputtheirTLDbadg-esinthealmirahinsidetheX-rayroom. They (staff) dont wearthemmostof the time,hesaid.

SHAJUPHILIPTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM,JANUARY20

ANADDITIONALdistrictsessionscourt in Thrissur WednesdayfoundbeeditycoonMuhammedNisham guilty of ramming hisHummer car into a securityguard, leadingtohisdeath, inanincident at Sobha City apart-mentshere lastyear.

Thecourtwillpronouncethequantum of punishment Thur-sday.Nishampleadedformercy,buttheprosecution,arguingthatitwasa rarest of the rare case,said he should get maximumpunishment. The prosecutionsaid Nisham is a threat to soci-ety.Nisham, onhis part, said heheadsajointfamilyandpleadedfora lenient treatment.

On the night of January 29,2014, Nisham crashed his SUVinto security guard K Chand-raboseandpinnedhimagainstaconcretewall, reportedly over adelay in opening the gates ofSobhaCity,whereNishamlives.After ramming him against awall, he dumped Chandraboseat the back of theHummer anddrove to the parking area of theapartment complex, where hefurtherassaultedhim.

Police rushed Chandraboseto Amala hospital in Thrissurwherehelaterdied.Then,policechargedNishamwithmurder.

The attack leading to the se-curityguardsdeathexposedthecriminalhistoryofNisham,whohad allegedly been involved in11cases,butmanagedtoescapeprosecution.Whileanundertrial

inthemurdercase,Nishamwaslistedasagoonafterthestatepo-lice slappedrelevant sectionsofthe Kerala Anti-Social ActivitiesPrevention Act. Accordingly, hewas consigned to jail withoutany trial for sixmonths.

Nisham moved SupremeCourtwithabailplea,whichthecourt rejected, observing thatthe case showed the rich werebecomingegocentric.

When the trial began,primeprosecutionwitnessKCAnoop,a colleague of Chandrabose,turned hostile. He said he hadnot seenChandrabosebeinghitbythevehicledrivenbyNisham.Thestatementtriggeredruckus,forcing Anoop to correct it.When the trial resumed,AnooptoldthecourtthathehaddilutedhisstatementunderduressfromNisham's family, andwentbackto the original version inwhichhesaidhehadseenChandrabosebeingattackedbyNisham.

Thecasealsotriggeredripplesinthepolicedepartment.FormerKeralaDGPKSBalasubramaniamfaced allegations that he tried toprotect Nisham. Then Thrissurcity police commissioner JacobJobwas suspended for a secretmeetingwithNisham.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEBENGALURU,JANUARY20

A32-YEAR-OLD engineerwork-ing for IBMwas found strangu-latedwith the chord of a laptopcharger in her house in Beng-aluruTuesday,police said.

Thewomanhasbeenidenti-fied as Kusum Rani, a native ofPunjab. She had been trans-ferred to Bengaluru sixmonthsagofromGhaziabadinUttarPra-deshandwaslivinginMahaveerKingsApartment,Kadugodi.

The police suspect she waskilled sometimeonTuesday af-ternoon,butthemurdercametolight around7.30pm,whenherroommateNidhireturnedhomefromoffice. Nidhi informed theKadugodipolice,whoarrivedtofind Ranis body in a pool ofblood. The police suspect shewas also attackedwith a sharpweapon.

Our investigations have re-vealed that one person visitedherapartmentaround12.30pmonTuesday,saidMBBorali-nga-iah, Deputy Superintendent ofPolice (South-Eastdivision).

Rani came down from herfourth-floor flat to receive him.

She then tookhimtoher flat af-terenteringhisdetails inthese-curity register, which has beenwithheld in the interest of theprobe.Thesecuritystaffsawhimwalk out of the apartmentaround3.30pm.

Boralingaiah said Rani mayhave died of strangulation, butthereisawoundonhernecktoo.We did not find any sharp ob-jectatthecrimescene.Thepost-mortem report will reveal thecause of death, he said. CCTVfootage of the apartment wascollected to identify thekiller.

NidhihastoldthepolicethatRani was a divorcee andwas alooking to get remarried. Shewas registered on a fewmatri-monialwebsites,thepolicesaid.

Her roommate toldus thatshe had come in contactwith aperson through amatrimonialwebsiteandhadsharedhercon-tactdetails.Wearetryingtofindout if hewas the person she in-vitedhome,anofficer said.

The police have contactedherparentsandaretryingtogetin touchwith her ex-husband.Wemaygetsomecrucial infor-mation about Rani from them,which can be useful for the in-vestigation,apoliceofficersaid.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JANUARY20

FOURYOUTHS,includingapoly-technicstudent,werearrestedinUttarakhand for allegedlyplan-ning to execute blasts targetingthe Ardh KumbhMela and thetrains bound for the holy city.Theyouths,whoweredescribedby police as highly radicalised,were allegedly in touch withmembers of the Islamic Stateterror group in Syria. They arealsobelievedtobeintheprocessofmakinganexplosive.

The operation was on thebasis of intelligence inputs.Akhlak-ur-Rehman,MohammadOsama alias Adil, MohammadAsim Shah and MohammadMeraj aliasMonuwere arrestedfromRoorkee andHaridwar onTuesday night. They have beentaken to Delhi, said SpecialCommissionerofPolice (SpecialCell) Arvind Deep. Deep addedthat they had been booked un-

der provisions of the UnlawfulActivities (Prevention)Act.

Akhlak is a polytechnic stu-dent from a private college inHaridwar. The others are pursu-ing graduation. They are highlyradicalisedandwereplanningtotargetHaridwar-boundtrains,theArdhKumbh celebrations and afew locations inDelhi, he said,adding that they have been re-mandedin15-daypolicecustody.

Sources said Akhlak was intouch with a former IndianMujahideenmember,whoisbe-lieved to have escaped fromIndia to Syria, and often talkedhimthroughVOIPandother in-ternet links. Akhlakwas taskedto motivate other youths forJihadiactivities, said sources.

Despite claiming that theyhadbusted a terrormodule, po-licemaintainedmore suspectsweretobearrested.Asourcesaidthemenwerealso in touchwithamember of Ansar-ut Tawhid fiBilad al-Hind (AuT), an India-basedterroroutfitandISally.

PRASHANTPANDEYRANCHI, JANUARY20

A27-YEAR-OLDwinningagoldmedal for her masters coursefrom Ranchi University couldhavebeenjustanotherstory.Butfor SwetaMandal and her fam-ily,itisastoryoftriumphofspiritoverhurdlesof fateandhealth.

Sweta,aresearchfellowpur-suing an integrated course inMPhil and PhD at JNU, lost hereyesight in Class 10. She wasawarded the goldmedal for hermasters course at the29th con-vocationoftheRanchiUniversityhereWednesday.

My eyesight started failinggradually. Initially,thingsstartedto turn hazy and within a fewdays,Ivirtuallylostmyeyesight,recalledSweta.HerparentsDrArun KumarMandal, a sonolo-gist, andDrOmKumariwereboth doctors then based inChaibasadistrict,whereMandalwasastudentatDAV(Chaibasa).

Beaming with pride, themotherwho accompanied Sw-eta for the convocation, said: Icansimplynotdescribethatfeel-ing.But thenwekept tellingherthat thingswill getalright.

Withnomedicalortechnicalhelpinsight,DrKumarisaidshetried the onlyavailableway.

Iwouldtakeherbookstomyclinic. Iwouldreadupthechap-tersandrecordthemincassettes.Thenextday,Swetawouldlistento the recordings, she recalled,sittingwithherdaughteramongthe front rows reserved for goldmedalistsat theceremony.

Butallthrough,SwetadidnotuseBraille.NeitherwasItrainedin Braille nor thereweremanybooks in it. Also, as I reachedhigherclasses,therewerewaytoomanybooks and reference jour-nalstoberead,explainedSweta.Whatchangedthingsforherwasa text-to-speech software JohnniacOpenShopSystem.

Focusedonacareerinteach-ingandresearch,Swetahasafewcomplaints against the system.Please tell themmerelynotify-inga rule for studentswith spe-cialneedsdoesnthelp.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICERANCHI, JANUARY20

FOURMEMBERSofafamilywereWednesday hacked to death al-legedly by the husband of a 40-year-oldwomanwhohad beenmurderedearlier, inavillageun-der Potka police station in EastSinghbhumdistrict, police said.The accused has been arrested.The police said Basko Tudu (45)killedthefourtoavengethemur-derofhiswife,whowaskilledbythe elder brother of the victimsfamilyoverallegationsofwitch-craftonJanuary15.

The deceased have beenidentified as Thapa Tudu (35),his brother Ramesh Tudu (28),Rameshs wifeMalti Tudu (22)and his sister Sonia Tudu (18),said Potka police station in-charge Arvind Kumar Yadav.BaskoswifeBaliwasallegedlykilled by Shyam Tudu, Thapasbrother. Shyam has been ar-rested,hesaid.

Sub-DivisionalPoliceOfficer(Musabani) Ajit Kumar Vimalsaid: Though Bali was killedoverwitchcraft allegations, therealmotive seems tobe aprop-ertydisputebetweenBaskoandShyams family.

WithoutBraille, shetops Ranchiuniversity

SwetaMandal receiveshermastersdegree. Express

Bengaluru: Womanfound strangulatedwith laptop charger

Thefourarrestedmen,whowerebrought toDelhi, in thecapitalonWednesday.AmitMehra

Four of a familykilled to avengewomansmurder

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEAHMEDABAD, JANUARY20

FATHERCEDRICPrakash,aJesuitpriestamongtheprominenthu-man rights activists involved inwelfare of the victims of 2002post-Godhra riots, will movebasetoBeirut,Lebanon,andjointheJesuitRefugeeServices(JRS)towork forSyrianrefugees.

The JRS, headquartered inRome, is an organisation per-forming apostolic work of theSocietyof Jesus (SJ) acongre-gationof theCatholicChurch.

Prakash shot into promi-nence when he fought for the

victims of the anti-Christian ri-ots in theDangs in1998-99.

After working with the StXaviers Social Service Society,Prakash established Prashant, ahuman rights organisation, onOctober2,2001.Hewasinvolvedinrelief forthe2001earthquake.

He called the Beirut assign-ment a call of God, which heconfirmedduring aCatholic re-treat. In July, he had gone toLebanonona10-dayreccemis-sion. In Beirut, Prakash willwork for Syrian refugees in theMiddle East and North Africa(MENA)region,mainly towardsformalschoolingforchildren.Itis abigchallenge,hesaid.

Rights activist Fr Cedric towork for refugees in Beirut

TwoChandigarh hospital staffersdetectedwith high radiation levelsBothwomenwork inX-raydepartment,onesent toBARCfor furtherexamination

4 IS-linked suspectsheld in Uttarakhand

MANISHSAHULUCKNOWJANUARY20

ADEPUTY JAILORwas arrestedWednesdayonchargesofrapingand harassing a 34-year-oldUzbekistan national when shewas lodged inMaharajganj dis-trict jail inacaseunderPassportAct in January lastyear.

The woman, released inDecember, lodgedanFIRagainstdeputy jailor Dhruv NarayanGupta in July2015, inwhichshealsochargedhimwithextortingRs44,000fromherfamilyforherrelease.

PoliceWednesday arrestedGuptaandproducedhimbeforea court inMaharajganj, whichsenthimtojudicialcustody.Theinvestigating officer, deputy SPRachnaMishra, said thewomanhad accused Gupta of sexuallyassaultinghertwotothreetimes.

Herstatementwasrecordedbefore the magistrate in Sep-tember, said Mishra, addingthey were yet to record state-mentsof some jail inmates.

Mishra added that there iscircumstancialevidenceagainsttheaccused.Wehavecollectedevidence verifying that Rs44,000 was transferred to thebankaccountofGuptasbrotherin three instalments, shesaid.

DIG Jail (Gorakhpur) Yad-vendra Shukla said after the al-legationsweremade,aninquirywas conducted and Gupta sus-pended inOctober.

UP: Dy jailorheld for rapeof Uzbekwoman in jail

HUMMERMURDERCASE

Beedi tycoon guilty,sentencing today

NishaminaThrissurcourtonWednesday.