The Ballia Chief Medical Officer (CMO) set up a panel to probe media reports alleging that four women delivered babies under the light of mobile phones at the government health centre in Beruarbari.
CMO formed probe panel
According to PTI, the CMO formed a three-member panel led by the deputy CMO to probe the incident.
CMO Dr Sanjeev Barman said they came to know about the incident through media reports that four women delivered babies under the light of mobile phones in Beruarbari on May 26.
‘Transformer was not functional’
“The preliminary probe suggest this occurred because the transformer at the Beruarbari Primary Health Centre (PHC) had burned out three days prior. This happened despite the fact that a generator and diesel were available at the health centre,” News Agency PTI quoted the CMO as saying.
The CMO said a stern action would be taken against those found guilty in the probe.
UP: Wanted criminal shot in leg
In a separate incident, a suspected criminal was shot in the leg during an encounter with police near Kalyan Apartment in Lucknow on Friday morning, according to the UP police officials.
The man, identified as Farman, son of Sabir Ali, was injured after he allegedly opened fire on the police during a chase.
Incident took place when Ghazipur police launched an intensive probe
According to DCP East Shashank Singh, the incident took place when Ghazipur police launched an intensive investigation campaign to search for suspicious persons in the area.
“This morning, Ghazipur police was conducting intensive investigation campaign for suspicious persons. During checking, the entire team of SHO Ghazipur saw a white car without number plate coming. They tried to stop it for questioning. The driver recklessly drove the car forward. The police team chased him,” said Singh.
