Wrong to say that Gorakhpur doctor got clean chit: UP govt

Days after it came to light that Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College paediatrician Kafeel Khan was cleared of corruption and medical negligence charges by a probe panel, the state government on Thursday said it would be wrong to presume that he was given a clean chit.

"Some facts were not taken into account by the probe committee of Principal Secretary (Stamp and Registration Department) Himanshu Kumar and the government is looking into them," Rajneesh Dubey, Principal Secretary, Medical Education, told mediapersons here.

Two years ago, over 60 children had died in less than a week at the medical college.

Many of the infants died allegedly because of disruption in oxygen supply on the night of August 10 due to pending payments to the supplier, a charge refuted by the state government.

The official said,"Kafeel had told the inquiry committee that he was not the in-charge of the children's ward at the time of incident but certain documents have been found which indicate that he had worked as its nodal officer during that period."