Delhi Blast Case: Kanpur Hospital seeks termination of arrested cardiologist

Kanpur: The senior resident doctor at the Cardiology department at the Laxmipat Singhania Institute of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in Kanpur, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the 'white-collar' terror module linked to the Red Fort car blast case, is now likely to lose his post after the hospital authorities requested the government to terminate him.

The hospital has asked the government to immediately terminate the services of Dr ***, stop his salary, and form a special committee to look into his conduct during his tenure.

According to his colleagues, the doctor was known to be quiet and kept limited contact with them. He only did the duties assigned to him and maintained a low profile in the hospital. On the day he was arrested, he had completed his emergency duty, taken patient rounds with other doctors, and then left for home.

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Meanwhile, investigators have expanded their probe to examine possible links involving other doctors. One of them is Dr ***, currently posted at a government hospital in Kanpur Dehat.

As per the TOI news report, the investigating agency found that he had gone missing without informing anyone during his posting in the anatomy department of GSVM Medical College in 2013. This disappearance reportedly took place around the same time that another accused female doctor, the one whose license has been cancelled by NMC, had also gone missing.

Even though the doctor remained absent for three years, he resumed duty in 2016 without giving any explanation for his prolonged absence. The suspicion of his disappearance has led the investigators to find out what he was doing during that period and how he managed to secure a new posting without formally resigning from his previous job.

On the other hand, two other doctors from GSVM Medical College have also come to light during the investigation - one is from the surgery department and the other is from the physiology department. Both of them left their jobs abruptly and moved to Dubai.

When asked about the sudden change, the Dehat doctor told the investigators, "I, along with two of my colleagues, left GSVM Medical College in 2013 for a better salary abroad. I moved to Saudi Arabia to work at a university, along with a batchmate who joined the same institution, while a senior colleague took up a job at a private university. Our departures coincided with the female accused doctor leaving GSVM Medical College, which may have led investigators to connect the timelines. It was just a coincidence. We went abroad for a better future, nothing else. We all returned to India in 2020."

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