DME to decide on inquiry in Professor Sudheer case

Dean of MMC, Dr Narayanasamy said, “It will be a government decision. Directorate of Medical Education (DME) will decide whether Sudheer must face an inquiry as per rules and regulations or not. We do not know when he will re-join the college. The court has granted him bail, he has to produce surety to leave Lucknow.” 

The police will be conducting a probe based on the complaint they have received for which Sudheer will be further interrogated. “Our probe will be into the complaint Sudheer has lodged against financier Kamaraj of Purasawalkam whom we had arrested. As of now there are no complaints against Sudheer. In the initial inquiry, there is no mistake on his part in this case,” said a police officer. 

The arrest of the Professor from his residence in Alwarpet by the Lucknow police on February 24 started a string of protests by students of MMC, Government Stanley Medical College and Government Kilpauk Medical College.  The students raised their voice for justice for Sudheer and against usury practices, which lead to the allegations against the professor. 

Sudheer was arrested after two cheques (Rs 74 lakh and Rs 24 lakh) and promissory notes he gave to a party in Lucknow bounced. It was alleged in the FIR copy filed by Lucknow police that Sudheer had accepted one crore on the pretext of aiding the construction of a medical college and hospital in Lucknow. He accepted the money saying he had connections in Medical Council of India. 

According to the police, the spiral of events began in 2013 when Sudheer borrowed Rs 20 lakh from a financier Kamaraj for 5 per cent interest. He had paid the principal amount of Rs 1.2 lakh between 2014 and 2016. However, Kamaraj allegedly prepared false documents and misused a blank cheque Sudheer had given him. Sudheer was threatened asking to pay more money and produced fake evidence for it.