19-year-old dies after taking medicine from UP doctor, booked
Suicide
Shahjahanpur: A 19-year-old youth died after consuming a medicine prescribed by a doctor in the Allahganj area of the district, police said on Sunday.
Ajay, a resident of Allahganj town, fell ill on Friday. He consulted a local doctor, Prithviraj, who prescribed him a medicine, Circle Officer (Jalalabad) Ajay Rai told PTI.
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The victim died after consuming the medicine that the accused doctor had prescribed, he said.
The body was handed over to the family after conducting a post-mortem on Saturday, police said.
Villagers and relatives of the deceased blocked the Bareilly-Etawah road on Sunday and staged a protest by keeping the dead body on the road.
Following this, an FIR was registered against the doctor and further investigation is underway, Rai said.
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