Overview
- The incident occurred on July 29 at BMC-run Kasturba Hospital, where retiring section officer Rajendra Kadam gifted colleagues books by Prabodhankar Thackeray and Dinkarrao Javalkar.
- A video later leaked from a nurses’ WhatsApp group shows staff objecting that the titles hurt religious sentiments, with accounts differing on whether books were hurled or simply refused.
- Agripada police said they recorded a non-cognisable offence on September 19 after Kadam complained the video’s circulation was defaming him.
- Hospital medical superintendent Chandrakant Pawar confirmed an internal inquiry is under way, and FPJ reported the nurses initially received only a notice from the administration.
- Political reactions escalated on October 7–8, with Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders visiting to back nurses’ claims that no book was flung and the MNS demanding strict action, calling any insult to Prabodhankar Thackeray unacceptable.