NEW DELHI: The Government Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College on Tuesday cleaned its premises with Ganga water after a “Halloween party” was allegedly held in its 150-year-old building.
The college management said they did not permit the event.
Medical Teachers’ Association (MTA) members and doctors used Gangajal to purify the King Edward Medical School building, which was built in 1878 during British rule.
“We learned that a Halloween party was recently held in this building. We have purified the building area by sprinkling Gangajal,” MTA President Rahul Rokde told PTI.
He called for legal action against those responsible for the event.
College Dean Dr. Sanjay Dixit stated, “We had allowed representatives of a local organization, called Jain Social Group, to inspect the premises of King Edward Medical School. We didn’t permit a Halloween party.”
He added that an investigation would be conducted.
Eyewitnesses reported that the building’s walls were marked with phrases inspired by a horror comedy movie, alongside other scary and obscene writings.
Pictures of the building, shared on social media, showed it painted to look haunted.
Government Super Specialty Hospital Superintendent Dr. Sumit Shukla, an alumnus of the medical college, expressed his concern, saying, “We cannot tolerate such an act because this building is a heritage of the medical field and alma mater of many reputed doctors. We want the building’s renovation to preserve the rich history of Indore’s medical fraternity.”
Halloween is observed in many countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day.
It has become a celebration of horror in popular culture.