Up Cmo Murders

• UP health scam: CBI arrests former Chief Medical Officer on murder charges

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Uttar Pradesh's former Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr AK Shukla in Lucknow on Sunday night in connection with the murder case of CMO Dr Vinod Arya. Dr Shukla, who was in the Uttar Pradesh government's Family Welfare department, was the alleged conspirator in the killing of Dr Arya, according to the...

• CBI gets two more months to probe UP CMO murders

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been given two more months to complete its probe into the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) murders in Uttar Pradesh which are allegedly linked to the multi-crore irregularities in the implementation of the centre's National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

• 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 health scam: Mayawati orders CBI probe, but limits it to Lucknow

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the massive National Rural Health Mission scam in her state. The scam was uncovered by a team of the National Rural Health Mission.

• UP Government orders CBI to probe into murders of Chief Medical Officers

  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 ...

• 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...

• Journalist's arrest: National Human Rights Commission issues notice to UP chief secretary

  The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued notices to Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary and Director General of Police (DGP) regarding the arrest of a senior journalist who reported about the death of deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Y S Sachan.Issuing notices, the NHRC asked the Chief Secretary and DGP to submit detailed reports in the...

• 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...