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Gorakhpur tragedy: BRD College principal, wife sent to 14-day judicial custody

Rajeev and Poornima Mishra were arrested by the state police's Special Task Force from Kanpur two days back.

IANS Reported by: IANS Gorakhpur Updated on: August 31, 2017 15:32 IST
BRD College principal, wife sent to 14-day judicial custody
BRD College principal, wife sent to 14-day judicial custody

A local court here today sent suspended BRD Medical college Principal and his wife to 14-day judicial custody in connection with 60 children's deaths within seven days.

Rajeev and Poornima Mishra were arrested by the state police's Special Task Force from Kanpur two days back. They were brought to Gorakhpur on Wednesday and presented before the anti-corruption court on Thursday.

The couple is facing arious charges. Mishra was suspended by the Yogi Adityanath's government following the spike in the number of deaths, reportedly due to disruption of oxygen supply, at the Baba Raghav Das Medical college in the Chief Minister's home constituency.

The couple is accused, among other things, of sitting over payment files of the oxygen vendor. An FIR was lodged against Mishra and seven others for dereliction in duty among other charges.

 

This came in the wake of the probe report by a high-powered committee headed by Chief Secretary Rajeev Kumar, which indicted Mishra and others in the tragedy.

The FIR was lodged in Lucknow's Hazratganj police station and the case was later transferred to Gorakhpur.

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