Botched Hair Transplant Deaths: Kanpur dentist surrenders before court
Kanpur: A Kanpur-based dentist, accused of conducting botched hair transplant procedures that allegedly resulted in the deaths of two young engineers, surrendered before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court on Monday.
Dr Anushka Tiwari was wanted in connection with a case of death by negligence.
According to Assistant Commissioner of Police (Kalyanpur) Abhishek Pandey, the doctor had submitted an application for surrender a few days ago.
According to the PTI report, the ACP said, “She appeared before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court today and formally surrendered''.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that after the death of a 37-year-old Assistant Engineer following a botched hair transplant surgery, another similar case surfaced, where an engineer died after undergoing the same procedure at the same private clinic by a dentist in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur. Following complaints from the families of the deceased, the Police have registered a case of culpable homicide against the dentist.
Pandey added that police will soon move an application seeking her custody remand.
“After consulting senior officers, we have decided to apply for police custody to uncover the full truth and make necessary recoveries,” he said.
The case pertains to the deaths of two engineers who had allegedly undergone hair transplant procedures at Empire Clinic in Rawatpur, operated by Dr Anushka Tiwari and her husband, Dr Saurabh Tripathi.
According to police, the incident came to light after the wife of Vineet Dubey, one of the victims, Jaya Tripathi, filed a complaint about a month ago through the chief minister’s grievance portal, alleging medical negligence at the clinic.
An investigation revealed that the couple had allegedly employed untrained staff to assist in surgical procedures, another official said.
Following the deaths, Dr Anushka Tiwari had gone into hiding to evade arrest. A large-scale search operation was launched, and the crime branch was also roped in to locate her. However, she managed to surrender before she could be apprehended, the official added.
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