Superintendent of the government-run home, where 11 people with special needs including eight children died, was removed by Rajasthan government.
"Superintendent Anita Muwal was removed and put under Awaiting Posting Orders (APO) status to ensure a fair inquiry in the matter by a committee of three members," Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Arun Chaturvedi said.
A fact-finding committee, chaired by Principal Secretary Sudarshan Sethi, will submit its report on the incident in 15 days, he added.
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Meanwhile, Health Minister Rajendra Rathore also visited J K Lone hospital and met the residents admitted their
27 residents of the government-run shelter, situated in Jamdoli area near here, were admitted to SMS hospital and J K Lone hospital and 11 of them died between April 16 and 27 and 8 were discharged.
Post-mortem report is awaited but doctors are of the opinion that they died due to suspected bacterial infection, Chaturvedi said.
