Sixth arrest in BRD Medical College tragedy
Gorakhpur: The Uttar Pradesh Police arrested a clerk of the state-run BRD Medical College here, taking to six the number of those held in connection with the death of dozens of children in the state-run hospital last month.
"Clerk Sanjay Tripathi has been arrested from Cantonment police station area. He will be later produced in the anti- corruption court," SSP, Gorakhpur, Anirudh Sidhartha Pankaj said.
Last week, the Uttar Pradesh Police had nabbed Sudhir Pandey, another clerk of the medical college, in connection with the deaths.
Pandey was named in the FIR filed in the case and was arrested from near Khajanchi Chowk under Shahpur police station area here on a tip-off.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that Former head of anaesthesia department at the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College Dr Satish surrendered himself.
"Dr Satish surrendered himself in the anti-corruption court this afternoon. We will seek his remand for interrogation," SSP, Gorakhpur, Anirudh Sidhartha Pankaj said.
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