The management of Surat New Civil Hospital (NCH) on Tuesday clarified that no permission was granted for the puja, after a controversy erupted over a group allegedly offering prayers to Asaram Bapu’s photo in one of the buildings on the hospital campus, on Sunday. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

The aarti was allegedly performed at the main gate of the Stem Cell Hospital — earlier the COVID building — when some individuals visited the building to distribute fruits to patients. After distributing the fruits, they proceeded to the building’s main entry gate for the aarti.

Later, they were reportedly joined by a few nurses, security guards and a professor and head of the pediatric ward — Dr Jigisha Patadiya.The NCH medical superintendent, Dharitri Parmar, and the resident medical officer (RM

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