nagpur the directorate of medical education and research dmer has instituted an inquiry into removal of dr n g raut professor and head of ophthalmology at indira gandhi government medical college and hospital iggmc from the medical board of the hospital dr raut was removed from the board following many internal enquiries by the college dean into the allegations of mental and financial harassment by some patients against him the dmer has formed a three member committee of dr mukund tayade from grant medical college at mumbai dr dilip kadam from b j medical college and sasoon hospital pune and dr narendra deogade professor and head of microbiology at the government medical college and hospital gmch nagpur to conduct a fresh inquiry into the matter dr pravin shingare director dmer told toi that the inquiry was ordered on the allegations of dr raut against the iggmc dean and the committees that investigated into the complaints by some patients dr raut claimed the dean and committee members did not consider his side and did not call for any explanation dean dr prakash wakode however claims he had requested the dmer to conduct further inquiries as earlier ones did not reach any conclusion three patients who had faced the medical board had complained against dr raut in writing at different points of time in last one year or so sources at dmer and iggmc said the first complaint was made by a primary school teacher from gadchiroli shyamrao maruti madavi to the dean on june 30 2011 that raut had been harassing him by calling him repeatedly from gadchiroli for issuing a certificate and sending him back for petty reasons dr wakode constituted a three member committee headed by dr raj gajbhiye president of iggmc medical board dr kalpana dasgupta head ent and dr m g muddeshwar head biochemistry however dr raut did not appear before the committee and only sent a letter saying allegations against him were wrong instead he levelled allegations against the inquiring team the matter was referred to the referee of the medical board but once again dr raut did not respond following this the dean announced another inquiry on july 7 2011 the next committee recommended a line of action following which the dean removed dr raut from the board on august 1 replacing him with dr s s pendke dr raut then wrote to the dean on august 30 asking why he was removed many such communications continued until dmer ordered inquiry meanwhile two other patients ashok vitthal gajbe and prakash ahire also made similar complaints to the dean which led to another set of investigations and counter allegations by raut