Cmo Death In Jail

• Corruption in UP's health services makes international headlines

  The first doctor to die, a senior government health administrator, was shot on his morning walk last October by two men on a motorbike. Six months later, his successor, a cardiologist, was shot to death while out on a predawn stroll. A third government doctor, accused of conspiring to murder the first two, was found dead in jail in June, lying in a...

• UP govt recommends CBI inquiry into Dr Sachan's murder

  A judicial inquiry yesterday confirmed that Dr Sachan, who was found dead in a Lucknow jail last month, had been killed. Jail officials had earlier insisted that he had committed suicide. Post-mortem reports showed he had serious injuries from what appeared to be a sharp weapon.

• Uttar Pradesh CMO murder: Pistols found, shooters linked to Sachan

  Two pistols used in killing Chief Medical Officer (CMO) B P Singh have been recovered and the links of the arrested shooters with Deputy CMO Y S Sachan have been established digitally through their call records, a senior official today said.The pistols were recovered from three persons - R K Verma, Vinod Sharma and Anand Tiwari - arrested by the Sp...

• Dr Sachan's family agrees to cremate him in Lucknow

  The family of Dr Y S Sachan, who died in a Lucknow jail this week, has agreed to cremate him this evening. Earlier today, the UP government said it does not believe Dr Sachan's death merits an inquiry by the CBI.Opposition parties, and Dr Sachan's family, disagree. Dr Sachan, 52 , was the Deputy Chief Medical Officer in the government's Family Welf...

• Deputy CMO's death: Family agrees to funeral

  The body of Yogendra Singh Sachan is being cremated today after a series of controversies surrounding the mysterious death of the deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Family Welfare Department in a Lucknow jail. The State Human Rights Commission has sent a notice to the UP government on Mr Sachan's death to which the authorities are expected t...

• Why this man's death is a crisis for Mayawati

  When Dr Y S Sachan was found dead in a Lucknow jail, officials declared it was a suicide. They said he had hung himself in a bathroom at the jail. Today, the government revealed that his body was marked with nine injures - eight of them caused by a weapon. A blade was found near his corpse.  This will bolster Opposition parties who have been i...

• CMO murder accused found dead: Opposition alleges cover-up, demands CBI probe

  Troubles seem to be mounting for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati as the mysterious death of deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Family Welfare Department, Yogendra Singh Sachan, in jail has sparked protests in the state.Workers belonging to the Samajwadi Party (SP) today clashed with the police in Lucknow, demanding a probe by the Centr...