AIIMS appreciates guards who stopped Bharti

NEW DELHI: All India Institute of Medical Sciences will issue certificates of appreciation to its security officials and engineers for the courage to file an FIR

NEW DELHI: All India Institute of Medical Sciences will issue certificates of appreciation to its security officials and engineers for the courage to file an FIR against AAP legislator Somnath Bharti, who allegedly damaged a fence at the hospital premises and misbehaved with guards.

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“AIIMS in recognition of services rendered by the Engineers and Security Officials has decided to issue certificates of appreciation for showing outstanding courage and resilience in protecting AIIMS property in the face of grave intimidation,” said a statement from AIIMS.

According to AIIMS, on September 9, Delhi legislator Somnath Bharti, along with approximately 300 supporters, assembled in Gautam Nagar and started breaking the fence and the boundary wall of AIIMS with the help of excavator-cum-loader to give access to unauthorised persons inside AIIMS.

“Somnath Bharti was claiming that the road belongs to the general public. They were requested to produce orders of the competent authority which they failed to produce,” said the statement.

The medical institution, in its first communique over the issue, alleged that Bharti and men with him were not accompanied by any government official of the Delhi government. Bharti was on Thursday arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the case, but was later granted bail on a personal security bond of Rs 30,000.