Gorakhpur tragedy: Dr Kafeel Khan gets bail after 8 months
Allahabad
High
Court
granted
bail
to
Dr
Kafeel
Khan,
who
was
booked
in
connection
with
the
death
of
children
due
to
lack
of
oxygen
at
Gorakhpur's
BRD
Medical
College.
Dr
Kafeel
Khan
has
been
in
a
Gorakhpur
jail
since
the
2nd
of
September,
2017.
Justice Yashwant Varma granted him relief after hearing his bail application. He was lodged in a Gorakhpur jail after being arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy, attempt to commit culpable homicide and criminal breach of trust by public servant, among others.
Dr Kafeel Khan got bail after his letter written in the jail got published in the Indian Express paper. In the letter, Khan alleged that he and the others with him are being made "scapegoats" for an "administrative failure" at a higher level.
Last week, Khan was admitted to the hospital after his wife told media that her husband's health was deteriorating in jail. She alleged that jail administration was not allowing Dr. Kafeel to shift to Lucknow.
Police have charged Khan, a former doctor at Gorakhpur's Baba Raghubar Das Medical College Hospital, with an attempt to murder over the death of 30 children in August but dropped the corruption charges for lack of evidence.
In December last year, Khan's mother, Nuzhat Parveen had met Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath during a Janta Darbar held in Gorakhpur and demanded justice for her son. Nuzhat Parveen told Yogi Adityanath that her family was going through a difficult time and that the CM must help them.