Hyderabad: Chemical engineer detained for controversial remarks on Covid

The police had booked a case against chemical engineer Paruchuri Mallik following a complaint from Dr. G Srinivas Rao, DPH, stating that Mallik, during a television show, said there was a possibility of deaths during the third wave of Covid-19 and that every house would report death in TS

Hyderabad: The Sultan Bazaar police have detained chemical engineer Paruchuri Mallik and are questioning him in regard to a case filed against him last month for his statements about the third wave of Covid-19.

The police had booked a case following a complaint from Dr. G Srinivas Rao, Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, stating that Mallik, during a television show, said there was a possibility of deaths during the third wave of Covid-19 in the State and that every house would report deaths.

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Dr. Rao said the comments by Mallik were highly objectionable in terms of medical ethics and would create panic in the general public. “No institution/individual (globally even) had any experience/scientific prediction regarding the impending third wave, its effect on families or children,” the complaint stated.

The Sultan Bazaar police had booked a case against him and served notices asking him to appear before the police.

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