'The Uttar Pradesh government has announced that a fresh enquiry would be ordered into the charges against Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College paediatrician Kafeel Khan, who was given a ‘clean chit’ by a previous probe committee. The doctor was accused of corruption and medical negligence after the deaths of more than 60 children in August 2017 because of a lack of oxygen supply. However, a probe committee headed by an IAS officer found that the doctor was not culpable for the deaths.
'Two years after the deaths of 63 children in Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College, a state government probe has absolved Dr Kafeel Khan of all charges against him as well as commended him for doing everything in his power to help save lives. The deaths had taken place in August 2017 after an alleged shortage of oxygen in the government-run hospital. Khan, a paediatrician in the hospital, had been suspended soon after. He was jailed for nine months after a criminal case of medical negligence, corruption and dereliction of duty was filed against him.
'The special investigation team (SIT) formed to probe the Swami Chinmayanand case on Wednesday (September 25) morning arrested the law student who had levelled allegations of sexual misconduct. The SIT, which was formed on the orders of Supreme Court, has allegedly arrested her in connection with the extortion case of Rs 5 crore from Swami Chinmayanand. The SIT has, as per the records accessed by NewsClick, booked the victim of sexual misconduct under sections 385, 506, 201 and also under one of the sections of the Scheduled Case/ Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
'The Azamgarh district magistrate on Monday ordered a probe into the arrest of a journalist allegedly after he took photographs of some children mopping the floor in their school. Journalist Santosh Jaiswal was arrested on false charges of extortion and obstructing public servants from discharging their duty, alleged a fellow journalist Sudhir Singh, who, along with another journalist, requested district magistrate N.P. Singh to apprise him of the alleged illegal arrest. “No injustice will be meted out to the journalist. We will look into the matter,” said Singh.
'Former union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand said today that he has full faith in the judiciary, a day after the UP government constituted a Special Investigation Team or SIT to investigate charges levelled against him by a Shahjahanpur woman... The law student had gone missing after levelling her allegations in a video and was later found in Rajasthan by the UP police...
'In the Bulandshahr violence case, that led to the murder of police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh on December 3, 2018, seven accused of killing Singh got bail on the night of August 24, 2019... In a video, which has been doing rounds on social media platforms, one of the key accused, Shikhar Agarwal, a member of the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) and Jeetu Fauji can be seen being garlanded by supporters who were excited to get pictures and selfies clicked with both of them...'
'As members of the UP police were seen visiting schools across the town of Barabanki recently, one of the superintendent of police gave a long lecture to students of a school on women safety, and on need ‘to raise their voice against crimes’ for justice. From the audience, as reported, a Class XI girl in turn schooled the superintendent, asking, how can the UP police promise to assure safety for women if the ‘accused’ is a ‘powerful minister’, and the police administration remains complicit in protecting them.
'In an interview to The Wire, the 21-year-old said that the aunt who died in the collision was the one who would talk to lawyers and on whose earnings the family depended... For the elder sister of the Unnao rape survivor, days begin and end outside the trauma centre of Lucknow’s King George’s Medical College. Her younger sister, having survived an alleged gangrape by BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, his brother Atul and their accomplices, is now critical after a truck collided with the car that she was travelling in on Sunday.
'From questioning the Pulwama terror attack to praising Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, from criticising the effectiveness of the Balakot strike to making “political” statements against the ruling establishment — at least seven state government school teachers have been suspended by the Uttar Pradesh government for posts like these on their Facebook page or WhatsApp groups. Also suspended is a Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA), a Group-A education service officer.
'At least 200 cows have died in a cow shelter in Greater Noida in the past two months due to hunger, overcrowding and fodder. This is despite Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's much-professed love for cows and his direction to the authorities to shift all stray animals to shelter houses. According to media reports, between January 1 and March 7, at least 200 stray animals died at Gau-Lok, a shelter in Jalpura village in Ecotech 3 area of Greater Noida...'
