Liquor in ambulance, belly dancer at doctors' bash

MEERUT: In a shocking incident, ambulances were used to ferry cartons of liquor while Russian belly dancers were called to entertain guests at the alumni meet of doctors at the state-run Lala Lajpat Rai Medical College held on the college's premises on Monday. Caught off guard, the principal hurriedly ordered a departmental probe into the incident late in the evening.

It all unfolded at the silver jubilee function organised by the old school association which saw several eminent doctors from the 1992 batch in attendance at the college premises on Garh road. According to the sources, alcohol was served inside the premises while the party picked up pace in the afternoon when Russian belly dancers took to the stage.

TOI has also accessed footage of an ambulance that was used by the organisers to ferry liquor cartons.

When contacted, Vinay Agarwal, principal (incharge), told TOI, "I got to know about it in the evening and I am yet to hear from the organisers. We are yet not clear if ambulances of the institute or some other private hospital were deployed for the purpose. We will get to the bottom of this."