Old enmity behind ‘firing’ at hospital

Dr Yogendra Jhala, a director of the Mayflower Women’s Hospital, said that he had handed over his revolver to the police for forensic examination.

When asked why he hadn’t surrendered his revolver to the police as was required by law as the Lok Sabha elections were still going on, he said that usually he deposits his revolver with the police whenever he receives a notice from the authorities.

“I didn’t deposit my revolver this time because I had received no notice about it,” Dr Jhala said. “I don’t think that that is a very big crime. Moreover, just because I didn’t surrender the weapon, it doesn’t mean I fired at someone. The Sunflower people are lying because they are envious of our progress.”

Sources at Sunflower hospital alleged that Dr Jhala had indeed opened fire on Thursday evening but the owners of some shops in the vicinity said they hadn’t heard any sound of gunfire. “But Jhala did flash his 0.32 revolver and then left the spot in an auto-rickshaw,” a shop owner said.