The Bihar Government has ordered an enquiry into the pasting of stickers on the foreheads of persons injured in earthquake at Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) after the incident kicked up a row.
Baidyanath Sahni, minister in-charge for the district, who visited DMCH on Tuesday evening after the news of pasting “bhukamp” (earthquake) tags on foreheads of victims went viral, told PTI today that he has asked the District Magistrate to conduct a probe.
Stern action would be taken against the guilty on the basis of the probe report, he said.
Sahni, who has been appointed as minister in-charge for Darbhanga by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for better coordination of relief work, said by the time he visited the hospital late in the evening, the sticker had been removed from the foreheads. But, some of the injured narrated to him the pain caused by the tag put on their forehead, he said.
Television grabs on Wednesday showed quake victims in a separate DMCH ward, with stickers reading ‘bhukamp’ (earthquake) pasted on their foreheads.