The UP Police today apprehended Dr Kafeel Khan from Gorakhpur who was removed from his post in the state-run BRD hospital after 30 children died there in two days last month.
For Police it is a major breakthrough as Khan was the nodal officer of the 100-bed AES ward at the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College, and was removed following the deaths on August 10 and August 11. This is the third arrest made by the STF in the case.
Former principal of the medical college, Rajiv Mishra, and his wife, Purnima Shukla, were taken into custody on August 29.