Chhapra, Feb. 1: Civil surgeon of Chhapra Sadar Hospital Naresh Kumar has levelled allegations of caste bias and abuse against district magistrate Kuldeep Narayan.

Kumar has written a letter to chief secretary Anoop Mukherjee to conduct a mental check-up of the DM and requested for his transfer.

The district magistrate, meanwhile, has rubbished the allegations saying this is an attempt by the civil surgeon to divert the attention to hide his inefficiency in carrying out his duties.

In his letter Kumar said Narayan used un-parliamentary words against him and abused him on the basis of his caste. He alleged that the district magistrate interfered with his day-to-day work and held up many files.

“The district magistrate should be transferred immediately and his mental stability should be checked by a medical board,” he stated.

The civil surgeon has alleged that on January 15 and 16 during a surprise visit Narayan publicly humiliated and abused him on the basis of his caste, and repeated the act on January 27 and 31. Kumar also alleged that Narayan has overruled the medical board for the handicapped that he had constituted and replaced it with another medical board in which there are no doctors for ear, nose and throat. Therefore, the disabled cannot be given certificates.

The doctors, meanwhile, have decided to go on strike, in support of the civil surgeon’s stand. They have said they would attend only to emergency cases.

The district magistrate, however, has refuted the allegations. He told The Telegraph Kumar “is simply trying to divert the attention in an attempt to hide his inefficiency”.

“Result oriented work is required on all fronts and shirking responsibilities would only worsen the current situation. Everybody has to perform,” he said, adding he had sent six letters to Kumar pointing out the problems at the hospital and asking him for explanations.

He said equipments and apparatus worth crores are being wasted in the hospital. “Condoms worth lakhs have been burnt. The doctors are posted irrationally, while at the health centre there are more doctors than required, another centre has only two doctors.”

Narayan said Kumar has responded to none of his queries. “An ostrich-like stance won’t help, neither would excuses. Action will be taken if work is not done,” he said, adding he had not replaced any medical board, but only formed a parallel one to help functioning.