Chargesheet on Mayapuri radiation leak case quotes professors from department that handled irradiator
One of the six Delhi University professors booked in the Mayapuri radiation leak case said he thought Gamma was “some pehelwan” (bodybuilder), police said in the chargesheet filed in court.
Police said this was the response of V S Parmar, head of chemistry department of DU, when asked about the gamma irradiator (containing the radioactive Cobalt 60 that was negligently disposed off to a scrapdealer in Mayapuri).
Parmar and five other DU professors are accused in the Mayapuri radiation case, which led to the death of one person and critically injured seven others.
The 285-page chargesheet, filed in court on Friday, reveals other startling facts about the professors who were working in the department that possessed such crucial equipment.
Professor R K Sharma told interrogators that he had never heard about a gamma irradiator. This, despite him being a member of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Delhi Police have added sections under the Indian Atomic Act to the sections of death due to negligence and other sections of the IPC in the chargesheet against the six DU officials.
The court is likely to take cognisance of the probe report on September 21.
The police chargesheet says that the gamma irradiator which was last used in 1992 in the chemistry department was lying unused for the past 20 years in the then professor B K Sharma’s room.
It was when the chemistry department decided to expand the area that they decided to dispose the irradiator.
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