Senior doctor booked in Mangaluru for not wearing mask at supermarket
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The police on Wednesday filed a case in opposition to senior doctor B. Srinivas Kakkilaya beneath the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act for not wearing a face mask whereas purchasing at a supermarket in town.
Mangaluru East police booked Dr. Kakkilaya beneath Sections 4,5 and 9 of the Act based mostly on a grievance filed by a companion of the supermarket. He was served a discover to seem earlier than the investigation officer and provides a proof.
In his grievance to police Ryan Rosario, the companion of Jimmys Super Mart in Kadri, mentioned Dr. Kakkilaya visited the shop on Tuesday morning. Despite being requested by the workers of the shop, Dr. Kakkilaya refused to put on the mask. The doctor mentioned that he treats sufferers with out wearing a face mask and that the workers of the shop can’t ask him to put on it. The doctor has put prospects and workers at threat by not wearing a mask, which has been made obligatory by the federal government, Mr. Rosario mentioned.
In the CCTV picture of the incident that went viral on social media, Dr. Kakkilaya is seen at the money counter arguing that he was not placing anyone at threat by not wearing a mask and that he has recovered from COVID-19 a yr in the past. When the manager in the store is heard saying that it’s the rule to put on a mask, Dr. Kakkilaya mentioned he’ll not comply with “foolish rules”. “I have spoken against lockdown and have put the same in writing,” he mentioned and added, “I am for science. I do not want to be fooled by this foolish government.”
Earlier, Dr. Kakkilaya had concerned himself in malaria and dengue prevention actions of Mangaluru City Corporation by offering technical options to the civic physique and the Health Department.
Meanwhile, the Mangaluru chapter of the Indian Medical Association has condemned the motion of Dr. Kakkilaya at the supermarket. In an announcement the honorary secretary of the chapter, Animesh Jain, mentioned that the IMA stands by the federal government pointers and endorses mask wearing in public locations, social distancing, hygiene and frequent hand washing as per the rules of the World Health Organisation (WHO). “We do not stand by any of the actions and statements by the doctor,” the assertion mentioned.
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