Valentis Cancer Hospital in Meerut puts Ad saying it will not treat Muslim patients, UP police starts probe

'Uttar Pradesh’s Valentis Cancer Hospital in Meerut recently issued an advertisement in a local daily, stating that it would no longer be accepting Muslim patients from Muslim-dominated localities in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. After the advertisement was brought to the notice of UP Police, a probe was initiated into the matter. The hospital is a medical facility to treat cancer patients, and its decision to exclude Muslims from treatment would be detrimental to the minorities living in western UP. Further, the exclusion of patients on the basis of religion is violative of the Constitution and may lead to penal charges against the hospital authorities...'