Gorakhpur tragedy: Oxygen supplier to BRD Medical College arrested
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Gorakhpur: The proprietor of Pushpa Sales, which supplied oxygen to the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College where dozens of children died last month, was on Sunday arrested in connection with the case.
More than 60 children, mostly infants, had died at the hospital within a week last month.There were allegations that the deaths occurred due to a disruption in oxygen supply over unpaid bills to the vendor.
The state government had vehemently denied that shortage of oxygen led to the deaths.
With the fresh arrest, all the nine persons named in the FIR have been sent to custody.
"Manish Bhandari, the proprietor of Pushpa Sales was arrested by the Gorakhpur Police at around 8 am from Deoria bypass road," Senior Superintendent of Police, Gorakhpur, Anirudh Sidhartha Pankaj told PTI.
The SSP said Bhandari's medical examination is being conducted and subsequently, he will be interrogated.
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