Mysterious Death case: FMG's mother threatens hunger strike over police delay in arresting culprit

Hisar: The mother of the 25-year-old doctor who died on April 24 from severe burn injuries after being reportedly stabbed and then set on fire, has threatened to go on a hunger strike if the accused are not arrested immediately.

She demanded swift action and justice for her 25-year-old daughter, Dr Bhawna Yadav. Gayatri Yadav, a principal of a government school in Rajasthan demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. 

On Wednesday, she met with Hisar’s superintendent of police, Shashank Kumar Sawan and threatened that if the Hisar police do not arrest her killer then she will launch a hunger strike.

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Recently, Gayatri and other family members, accompanied by police, visited the home of the accused. Hisar DSP Tanuj Sharma said that during the search, police recovered a petrol bottle and burnt clothes from the university quarters of Udesh Yadav. Bhawna’s phone and laptop have also been seized for forensic analysis.

Medical Dialogues had recently reported that Alwar-based Foreign Medical Graduate died with severe burn injuries. While it is still unclear how the doctor got the injuries, the Rajasthan police have registered a murder case against a man from Rewari.

The doctor, who completed her medical degree from the Philippines and was preparing for the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE), was supposed to be in Delhi for her education. However, she was mysteriously found in Haryana's Hisar with severe burn injuries.

After her mother was informed, Dr Bhawana Yadav, who hails from Alwar district, was taken to Jaipur, where she died during treatment on Thursday. The late doctor's mother filed a zero FIR in Jaipur and alleged that her daughter was first stabbed and then set on fire.

In the complaint, the late doctor's mother, Gayatri Yadav, informed that her daughter completed MBBS from the Philippines in 2023 and was preparing for the FMGE examination through DEMS in Delhi for her postgraduate students. She was reportedly attending online classes and travelling to Delhi weekly for tests. On April 21, she allegedly went to Delhi for a test.

However, the complainant claimed that on April 24, a man named Udesh Yadav called to inform her that the doctor had suffered burn injuries and was admitted to Soni Hospital in Hisar. After a while, a video call from the hospital revealed the critical condition in which the patient was suffering. Getting the news, the complainant rushed to Hisar. Later, she claimed that the hospital administration did not clarify where her daughter was found or what circumstances resulted in her condition.

Since the patient's condition was serious, she was later shifted to SMS Hospital in Jaipur, where she succumbed to her burn injuries on the night of April 24.

In her complaint, the late doctor's mother claimed that during treatment, it was observed that Bhawana's face, abdomen and legs up to the knees were badly burnt even though her hair and back remained untouched. She also alleged that there were sharp weapon injury marks on her abdomen. Claiming that her daughter was murdered rather than suffered an accident, Bhawana's mother alleged that her daughter was first stabbed and then set on fire. Further, the complainant has claimed that the late doctor's laptop, mobile phone, and other important documents were missing.

Meanwhile, the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) recently wrote to the Chief Minister of Haryana, demanding an immediate high-level and impartial investigation into the case. The association warned that if prompt action is not taken, they may be forced to launch protests or large-scale demonstrations.

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