Allahabad HC grants bail to Dr Kafeel Khan in Gorakhpur BRD medical college case

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Allahabad HC grants bail to Dr Kafeel Khan in Gorakhpur BRD medical college case

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday (April 25) granted bail to Dr Kafeel Khan, who was arrested in connection with the Gorakhpur BRD Medical College and Hospital tragedy where 64 children died in four days due to lack of oxygen supply.

Dr Khan is among the nine accused. Khan had earlier appealed to the Gorakhpur district court for bail but it was rejected. He then had approached the high court seeking bail.

The court granted bail to Dr Khan on the basis that that he was not incharge of the department which oversee the oxygen supply.

—India Legal Bureau