THE TIMES OF INDIA, MUMBAI FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2017 7TIMES CITY

Mumbai: A fortnight after mini-ster of state for home Ranjeet Pa-til made the announcement in thelegislative council, medical edu-cation department, led by seniorBJP leader Girish Mahajan, onThursday suspended JJ Hospitalmedical officer Vishwas Roke forsubmitting incorrect informa-tion on the death of Byculla jailinmate Manjula Shetye.

Replying to Narendra Patil’scalling attention notice, Patil had,on July 28, said since incorrect in-formation on Shetye’s post-mor-tem was submitted to the compe-tent authority, the medical officerconcerned would be suspendedimmediately.

According to reports, whilethere were multiple injuries onthe Shetye’s body and Roke hadsubmitted a report saying noobvious external injuries noted.Earlier, JJ dean Dr TP Lahane

had told TOI that Roke had notcommented on the nature of inju-ries as the patient was “broughtdead” to the hospital. “He simplynoted that she had no grievous in-jury and sent the body for an au-topsy as per protocol,” Dr Lahanehad told TOI.

Roke was appointed a tempo-rary medical officer for 120 daysfrom June 15 to October 21.

By and large, once an announ-cement is made in the House, it isimplemented immediately irre-spective of the fact that whether

the information has been recei-ved by the department or other-wise, but in case of Roke, it wasdelayed by 15 days.

On Wednesday, when TOI so-ught information from Patil onthe prolonged delay in Roke’s su-spension, a shocked Patil said hewas surprised over the non-imp-lementation of the assurance gi-ven on the floor of the House. “Su-spension orders of erring jail offi-cials have already been issued. Iwill check the status of case withthe medical education depart-ment,’’ he said.

Shetye, who was lodged in theByculla jail, was brought dead toJJ Hospital on June 23. It was alle-ged that all efforts were made tosuppress specific information onthe cause of death and whethershe was beaten up in jail. In fact,then DIG (prisons) Swati Sathe,too, was at the receiving end forsending controversial messagessupporting the suspended jailstaffers on WhatsApp. Followinga series of complaints, CM De-vendra Fadnavis on Wednesdayappointed Konkan divisionalcommissioner Jagdish Patil toprobe charges against Sathe andsubmit a report within a month.He will probe if she had exceededher brief while sharing messageson the WhatsApp group.

Action Comes15 Days After

AnnouncementIn Council

JJ doc suspended for wronginfo on Byculla inmate death

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Pune: Admissions to first-yearengineering and pharmacy colle-ges will be based on the state’scommon entrance test (MH-CET)and not the joint entrance exam(JEE), the directorate of techni-cal education (DTE) said.

There has been confusion overthe conduct of a national -levelJEE for engineering admissionsfrom next year.

Joint director of DTE Daya-nand Meshram said, “The com-mon entrance test would be on apar with JEE in 2018-19.” The syl-labus for next year’s CET will befrom class XII as well as XI.

The exact weightage of boththe class syllabi would be decidedby the Maharashtra State Boardof Secondary and Higher Secon-dary Education, Meshram said.Once the details have been wor-ked out, the DTE will announcethe syllabus. However, there willbe no negative marking. The levelof questions from physics, che-mistry and mathematics wouldbe on a par with JEE while the le-vel of difficulty for biology wouldbe on a par with the National Eli-gibility-cum-Entrance Test (NE-ET). The All India Council forTechnical Education (AICTE) iscontemplating a single nationalentrance test for engineeringfrom 2018, although a formal noti-fication from AICTE has not beenissued. Considering the AICTEmove, students aspiring for engi-neering admissions have alreadystarted enrolling for coaching forJEE, which is a national test foradmissions to Indian Institutes ofTechnology and National Institu-tes of Technology.

Engineeringadmissions tobe based only

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Mumbai: The Cambridge Inter-national Examinations (CIE) onThursday announced results ofthe June exam series. Most cityschools saw students improve the-ir performance compared to pre-vious years with top grades in ma-ny subjects.

At Dhirubhai Ambani Interna-tional School, of 67 students whoappeared for the IGCSE (class X)exam in June, 19 got an ‘A*’ (hig-hest) grade in nine subjects or mo-re. The students could take an ex-tra subject besides 10 compulsoryones. Advait Deshpande scored thetop grade in all 11. Sanchita Jalantopped at Jamnabai Narsee Inter-national School with an A* in all 10.

Similarly, at SVKM JV Interna-tional School, of 47 students whoappeared for the A level (Class XII),several got all A*. “The results arebetter than in March. Students ha-ve scored better in all subjects. Mo-re students in the city have startedopting for the March exam becau-se it gives them an option to be partof the Indian curriculum,” saidprincipal, G Swaminathan.

In 2013, Cambridge decided tohold an exam series in March,especially in India, to synchroniseresults with local admissions.Over 400 schools made over 57,000entries for Cambridge qualifica-tion in March and June 2017, regis-tering a 10% rise over 2016. TNN

CambridgeClass X, XIIresults out

Mumbai: Former chief mini-ster Prithviraj Chavan onThursday demanded an investi-gation into allegations that a re-tired IAS officer made in a stingoperation against a retired chiefsecretary of the state seeking Rs7 crore from a developer to staythe officer’s transfer.

Chavan said a news report,run on the basis of a sting opera-tion conducted by a TV channel,showed that a retired IAS officerwho is in the dock for clearingcontroversial projects in his lastposting as CEO of the Slum Re-habilitation Authority (SRA), al-leged that a retired chief secreta-ry had accepted Rs 7 crore from adeveloper to stay one of histransfers.

“I am not taking names butthe government should see theoriginal footage of the video andlaunch an investigation into thetransfer scam. If so much mo-ney was exchanged to stay atransfer, imagine the amount forgetting a favourable transfer,”said Chavan. He said there was araid in a hotel where cash andcheques with names of govern-ment officials were found. “Withso much proof about graft intransfers, why is the govern-ment not taking action?” he said.

Probe ‘cash tostay transfer’

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Leader of opposition DhananjayMunde said since doubts have

been expressed over the role of theByculla jail officials, Fadnavisshould order a judicial probe intothe entire episode. “A sitting judgeof the Bombay high court should beappointed to probe under theCommission of Inquiry Act,’’ hesaid. Munde claimed that since allefforts were made to destroy evidence in the custodial death andasection of high-ranking officialshad even filed false affidavits,Fadnavis should first suspend allthe officials concerned and thenorder a judicial probe. TNN

‘Want judicial probein custodial death’