Gorakhpur Tragedy

A special court Monday granted the Anti-Terrorist Squad seven-day custody of Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi in connection with an attack on security personnel at the Gorakhpur temple earlier this month. His custody period would begin Tuesday and end on May 3. The ATS had produced Murtaza in the court of in-charge ATS judge Mohammad Gazali after bringing him from a Gorakhpur jail. It also produced a letter of the Gorakhpur jail superintendent, requesting that Murtaza be sent to a jail in Lucknow. Initially, the court granted his judicial custody till April 30. However, the ATS moved an application seeking Murtaza's custody for seven days. It was submitted that some important data was received from electronic equipment recovered from him, and his social media platform, and it was necessary to take his custody to interrogate him on these. Abbasi, an IIT graduate, tried to forcibly enter the famous Gorakhnath temple premises on April 3 and attacked security personnel with a sickle, injuring tw

No deaths have been recorded as on the morning of August 31

There've been 1,250 deaths since January this year at the hospital, especially in encephalitis ward

42 children died in 48 hours of which seven due to encephalitis

Adityanath had set up a committee to probe the incident

Around 71 children lost their lives in the BRD hospital since August 7

The petitioners have alleged carelessness on the part of doctors at BRD Hospitals led to the tragedy

PIL further seeks complete enforcement of previous HC order about complete ban of private practice

Nearly two million people die from mosquito-borne diseases every year

Gorakhpur child deaths case: The oxygen log book was not inspected or signed

mmunisation is the only way to control JE encephalitis in highly endemic areas like Gorakhpur,

The father also alleged that no post-mortem was done after the child's death

Nearly 70 children have died at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur since August 7

The Commission issued the notice after taking suo motu cognisance of media reports

NHRC asked state's chief secretary to submit report on steps taken for relief & rehabilitation

Varun Gasaid wants new paediatric wing in his Sultanpur constituency's district hospital

IMA has passed three resolutions over the tragic death of children in Gorakhpur's hospital

Magisterial inquiry ordered and committee formed to look into the Gorakhpur tragedy: Yogi Adityanath

64 lives lost so far due to alleged disruption in the supply of liquid oxygen in the hospital

64 lives have been lost so far due to alleged disruption in supply of oxygen in the hospital