Union Minister Maneka Gandhi Thursday called up senior officials of the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College & Hospital here and asked them to immediately suspend the two nursing students who were held for allegedly killing 16 puppies, a hospital official said.
The Union Women and Child Development minister, who telephoned the senior (NRS) official this afternoon, also told that she would "ensure that the license of Hospital's Nursing wing" was cancelled unless the duo were suspended, he said.
"Mrs Gandhi called up and spoke to a senior official of our hospital and talked about the matter," the official confirmed.
The Union minister is also an animal rights activist.
On whether the Union minister set up any deadline for the suspension of the two nursing students, the official said, "There was no deadline provided to us for the suspension of the two girls. We are looking into the matter. We cannot anything more into it."
Two nursing students Moutusi Mondal and Soma Burman
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