Complaint filed against Tamil YouTuber for cutting umbilical cord of his newborn

Tamil YouTube artist Mohamad Irfan had posted a video of him cutting the umbilical cord over the weekend on his channel which has gathered around 14 lakh views

Updated on: Oct 23, 2024, 12:09:49 IST

By Divya Chandrababu

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A police case was filed by the Tamil Nadu health department against a popular Tamil YouTube artist Mohamad Irfan for uploading a video of him cutting the umbilical cord of his newborn at a private hospital.

Following an uproar, he deleted the video from his YouTube channel but the complaint was eventually filed against him. (Representative file photo)

Health minister M Subramanian said that they have filed a case at the Semmenchery Police Station against Irfan and a gynaecologist of the private hospital.

“This is a condemnable act… and we have issued a notice to him (Irfan) and have filed a police complaint against the YouTuber and the doctor,” the health minister told media persons in Madurai.

The video is in violation of Section 34 (1)&(2) of the National Medical Commission Act (NMCA), the minister said adding that the law says anyone who is allowed to practise without being enrolled in either the State or National register may be punished with a maximum jail term of one year, or with a fine which may extend to five lakh rupees or with both.

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The health department has also written a letter to the Tamil Nadu Medical Council to cancel the licence of the doctor for allowing Irfan inside the operation theatre.

“Irfan cannot escape this time,” the health minister said. “Even if he apologises it doesn’t matter now because we have filed a police complaint”, the minister said.

He had posted a video of him cutting the umbilical cord over the weekend on his channel which has gathered around 14 lakh views.

Following an uproar, he deleted the video from his YouTube channel, but the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services issued a notice to him and the private hospital, seeking an explanation on the issue.

In the video, the lady doctor is seen asking Irfan if he wants to cut the umbilical cord. The doctor then instructs her associates to give him a pair of gloves.

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Divya Chandrababu
Divya Chandrababu is an award-winning political and human rights journalist based in Chennai, India. Divya is presently Assistant Editor of the Hindustan Times where she covers Tamil Nadu & Puducherry. She started her career as a broadcast journalist at NDTV-Hindu where she anchored and wrote prime time news bulletins. Later, she covered politics, development, mental health, child and disability rights for The Times of India. Divya has been a journalism fellow for several programs including the Asia Journalism Fellowship at Singapore and the KAS Media Asia- The Caravan for narrative journalism. Divya has a master's in politics and international studies from the University of Warwick, UK. As an independent journalist Divya has written for Indian and foreign publications on domestic and international affairs.Read More

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