Gorakhpur tragedy: Not first time Dr Khan has run into the wrong side of the law

In the past he has battled cases of rape, impersonation in examination and giving a wrong affidavit to the Chief Medical Officer of Gorakhpur and also of running a private clinic.

Dr Kafeel Khan arrested in connection with the Gorakhpur infant deaths has run into the wrong side of the law again. Khan had been suspended from the hospital following the incident after which a non-bailable warrant was issued against him.

Incidentally this is the third time that he has run into the wrong side of the law. Two cases against him were closed.

In the past he has battled cases of rape, impersonation in examination and giving a wrong affidavit to the Chief Medical Officer of Gorakhpur and also of running a private clinic.

In 2009, as per the Delhi Police, the principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Janakpuri, complained that during the National Board of Examinations held to test Indian nationals with foreign medical qualifications, Kafeel Ahmed Khan, then a medical student at Manipal University, was found to be impersonating Dr Vijay Kumar. Khan was however later discharged by the court.

In 2015, a woman had complained that Khan and his brother had raped under. She said that she was called in under the pretext of being given a job. However the case was closed after the police found that the allegations were untrue.

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