Dr Sachan Death

The wife of former Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Uttar Pradesh, YS Sachan, today filed a protest application in a local court against the closure report filed by CBI in the case

The CBI today filed a closure report in the case related to Dr YS Sachan's death in a Lucknow jail last year, saying forensic evidence pointed to a suicide. Dr Sachan, Deputy Chief Medical Officer in the Family Welfare Department of the UP government, was found dead in the jail toilet on June 22, 2011.

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...

Under intense pressure, the Mayawati government on Wednesday recommended a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the murders of two Chief Medical Officers (CMOs), two Chief Medical Officers Dr BP Singh and Dr Vinod Arya. This comes barely a week after the agency was asked to investigate the mysterious death of their colleague Y S ...

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.

Nearly three weeks after Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr YS Sachan was found dead under mysterious circumstances in jail, Ex-CMO AK Shukla was arrested today in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the state health department.Former Chief Medical Officer A K Shukla was in Uttar Pradesh government's Family Welfare department. He...

Nearly three weeks after Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr YS Sachan was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a Lucknow jail, a judicial probe commissioned by the Uttar Pradesh government has found that he was murdered.Dr Sachan, 52, was the Deputy CMO in the state government's Family Welfare department. After jail officials said he had...

The Lucknow police have finally registered a murder case in connection with the death of Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr YS Sachan. An FIR against unknown persons has been registered based on a complaint by Dr Sachan's widow.Despite widespread protests and demands from Dr Sachan's family that the case must be handed over to the CBI, the Mayawati go...

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...

The wife of former Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Uttar Pradesh, YS Sachan, today filed a protest application in a local court against the closure report filed by CBI in the case

The CBI today filed a closure report in the case related to Dr YS Sachan's death in a Lucknow jail last year, saying forensic evidence pointed to a suicide. Dr Sachan, Deputy Chief Medical Officer in the Family Welfare Department of the UP government, was found dead in the jail toilet on June 22, 2011.

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...

Under intense pressure, the Mayawati government on Wednesday recommended a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the murders of two Chief Medical Officers (CMOs), two Chief Medical Officers Dr BP Singh and Dr Vinod Arya. This comes barely a week after the agency was asked to investigate the mysterious death of their colleague Y S ...

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.

Nearly three weeks after Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr YS Sachan was found dead under mysterious circumstances in jail, Ex-CMO AK Shukla was arrested today in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the state health department.Former Chief Medical Officer A K Shukla was in Uttar Pradesh government's Family Welfare department. He...

Nearly three weeks after Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr YS Sachan was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a Lucknow jail, a judicial probe commissioned by the Uttar Pradesh government has found that he was murdered.Dr Sachan, 52, was the Deputy CMO in the state government's Family Welfare department. After jail officials said he had...

The Lucknow police have finally registered a murder case in connection with the death of Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr YS Sachan. An FIR against unknown persons has been registered based on a complaint by Dr Sachan's widow.Despite widespread protests and demands from Dr Sachan's family that the case must be handed over to the CBI, the Mayawati go...

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...