Samajwadi Party fields Dr Kafeel Khan from Deoria for MLC elections
India | March 17, 2022 18:46 ISTKhan had met SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and presented a book written by him on the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy.
Khan had met SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and presented a book written by him on the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy.
Dr. Kafeel Khan had been suspended along with seven others in August 2017 when over 60 children died due to disruption in the oxygen supply at the BRD hospital. Seven doctors, except Khan, were later reinstated.
In the writ petition, it was disclosed that seven persons out of nine who were suspended along with the petitioner have been reinstated pending conclusion of disciplinary proceedings. The order for suspension against Dr Khan was passed on August 22, 2017.
Kafeel Khan was suspended from service on August 22, 2017, following the death of about 60 infants in the BRD Medical College hospital due to lack of oxygen.
The court has listed August 5 as the date for the next hearing in Kafeel Khan's BRD Medical College case.
Khan is currently working with a group of like-minded doctors -- Doctors On-Road -- spreading awareness on Covid appropriate behaviour and providing relief and treatment to patients in villages and inaccessible areas.
Kafeel Khan's brother Adeel Khan, however, told PTI that the history-sheet against the doctor was opened on June 18, 2020, but the information was given to the media on Friday.
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the Allahabad High Court verdict which had quashed the detention of Dr Kafeel Khan under the National Security Act (NSA) and ordered his immediate release.
In his letter, Khan thanked the UN rights body for urging the Indian government to protect human rights of activists arrested for "peacefully protesting against CAA" and said that the government "has not listened to their appeal".
Dr Kafeel Khan was released from Mathura jail after the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday quashed his detention under the National Security Act and ordered his immediate release, saying his speech at the AMU didn't promote hatred or violence and gave a call for national integrity.
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday set aside the detention of Dr Kafeel Khan under the National Security Act (NSA) and ordered his release. On August 11, the Supreme Court had asked the Allahabad High Court to decide within fifteen days the plea for the release of Dr Kafeel Khan.
Kafeel Khan, the suspended pediatrician from Gorakhpur who was arrested during anti-CAA protest, has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to order his release so that he can serve India by joining the fight against COVID-19.
The maternal uncle of Dr Kafeel Khan, who was recently arrested for allegedly making inflammatory statements during anti-CAA protests, was shot dead in front of his house at Bankatichak in Rajghat area in Gorakhpur, police said on Sunday.
The Delhi Police detained on Thursday a group of students marching towards the Uttar Pradesh Bhawan here demanding the release of Gorakhpur doctor Kafeel Khan and Ulema Council national general secretary Tahir Madni.
The UP Police has booked Dr Kafeel Khan in the National Security Act (NSA) for allegedly delivering a speech at the Aligarh Muslim University against the amended Citizenship Act.
Child specialist Kafeel Khan who was accused of making an inflammatory speech at AMU was remanded to judicial custody and later transferred to Mathura jail, officials said on Saturday.
Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) arrested Doctor Kafeel Khan from Mumbai on January 30 over provocative speech during anti-CAA protest at Aligarh Muslim University.
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