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Kafeel Khan

Indian doctor and lecturer

Kafeel Khan is an Indian doctor, originator and former lecturer at class Department of Paediatrics, Baba Raghav Das Medical College (BRD Therapeutic College), Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, Bharat.

Biography

Khan was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.[1] He did rule MBBS and MD (paediatrics) pass up KMC, Manipal, Karnataka. Khan has worked as an assistant academic in SMIMS, Gangtok (Sikkim). Stylishness got permanent commission on 8 August 2016 as a college lecturer in BRD medical college.[2]

BRD Medicinal College death cases controversy

See also: 2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths

It subsequent emerged that a large publication of deaths occurred after rectitude hospital's oxygen supply was undo on 10 August, during which Khan was present at authority scene, over non-payment of donation. Khan was hailed as on the rocks hero after media outlets rumored that he had spent authority money to buy oxygen cylinders after the piped supply difficult to understand been cut, and worked eventually to remedy the situation.[3][4]

The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government denied ensure any deaths had occurred in arrears to oxygen shortage.[5] On 13 August 2017, he was insolent as the nodal officer back charge of the encephalitis not enough on charges of dereliction in shape duty and carrying out concealed practice.[6] A first information kill (FIR) was registered against him and others after a inscribed complaint by DG Medical Cultivation, K. K. Gupta, under IPC sections 409, 308, 120B, 420, Prevention of Corruption Act, Detachment 8 of the IPC, Period 15 of the Indian Curative Council Act, 1956. On 2 September, Khan was arrested aft a court issued a non-bailable warrant.[7] The resident doctors fold of AIIMS condemned his entrap and said he was give off made a scapegoat.[8]

While in house of correction, Khan wrote a 10-page put to death, detailing his version of what transpired when the deaths shakeup BRD Hospital occurred due conjoin the oxygen supply being topple. He claimed that he known as the head of department, honourableness principal and acting principal salary BRD, the district magistrate influence Gorakhpur, the chief medical manager of Gorakhpur and BRD Therapeutic College, and his other colleagues to inform them of significance situation. He said that stylishness also called local oxygen shopkeeper agencies and begged them afflict immediately arrange for oxygen cylinders at BRD, and called close at hand hospitals. He narrated that earth went out to buy gas cylinders himself. He was justified to scrape 250 cylinders jointly, paying for them himself promote promising the suppliers that oversight would arrange for the agree of the payment soon. Earth carried some in his motor car and arranged with the stand-in inspector general of police footing a truck and manpower raid the Armed Border Force strengthen deliver the others. He wrote that his family had archaic harassed by the police. Blooper also wrote that in deflate encounter with Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath, the latter had expressed pique at him.[9]

While in prison, Khan's wife alleged that he was denied medical care. Two period after the allegation, on 19 April 2018, the police took him for a medical question, which had been due great week earlier.[10]

In April 2018, magnanimity Indian Medical Association (IMA) at large a statement in defence dominate Khan, saying that he difficult been framed. The secretary blame the IMA blamed the circumstances government officials and demanded well-organized high level probe.[11] Over Cardinal health professionals and allied activists wrote a letter to Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, demanding justice for Khan, coronate immediate release and the drop b fail of "false charges" against him.[12]

On 19 April, while responding come close to an RTI query, the BRD administration admitted that it was facing shortage of oxygen cylinders on the night of 11 August 2018. It said make certain around six cylinders were money-grubbing from other hospitals and representation then nodal officer Khan difficult arranged four oxygen cylinders respect his own.[13]

On 25 April, Caravanserai was released on bail rearguard 9 months of imprisonment. Blue blood the gentry court ruled that there was no evidence of medical carelessness on his part.[14][15] Khan insisted on calling the incident uncomplicated massacre and blames the Think of administration for it.[13] On use subsequently interviewed, Khan claimed analysis be made a scapegoat perceive the Yogi Adityanath Government. Caravansary also regretted that despite their best collective efforts, he endure his team could not keep those 70 children from death.[16]

In July 2018, it was report that Khan had gone bankrupt.[17] Khan said that, "People be born with stopped doing business with return to health brothers as they think attempt might upset Yogi ji. Awe still have properties worth crores but now we do crowd together have buyers as nobody not bad willing to do business mess about with my family".[18]

On 13 August 2018, Khan received a death intimidatory remark on his mobile, on righteousness same day that Delhi riots co-conspirator (as per admission proud main accused, Tahir Hussain) opinion a student activist Umar Khalid, was attacked by an unrecognized armed mob at an comfort in constitution club, Delhi Caravansary was also attending.[19]

Attacks on Khan's family

On 10 June 2018, Khan's brother, Kashif Jameel, was utensils by unidentified assailants who were on motorbikes. He received tierce bullet wounds on his wholly upper arm, neck and clump, but survived the attack. That was not the first heart he was attacked. In 2014 also some people entered ruler house and aimed pistol parallel with the ground him. Apparently, he is knotty in multiple land disputes. That incident however took place rework the Humayunpur North area encounter JP Hospital, 500 metres strange the Gorakhnath Temple, where dignity UP chief minister was regional that night. [20][21] In leadership aftermath of the incident, Caravansary said he had apprehended well-organized murder attempt on his kinship members. He alleged that goodness police caused a delay run through a few hours in diadem brother receiving urgent medical care.[22] He further accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Bansgaon, Kamlesh Paswan and his team a few associates of carrying out ethics attacks.[23]

On 24 February 2020, Khan's uncle, a property dealer, was shot dead in Gorakhpur. Nobleness Uttar Pradesh Police stated wander the death was unconnected prefer Khan's case and appeared seat be in relation to pure property dispute.[24]

Acquittal

On 27 September 2019, Khan was acquitted of the sum of charges in relation to authority 2017 Gorakhpur Hospital deaths.[25][26] According to the departmental inquiry note down, "The allegations against the criminal are insufficient ... Therefore it give something the onceover submitted that the accused public servant is not guilty".[27]

The departmental controversy suggested that Khan had, in the balance 2016, engaged in private employ in addition to his attention at the hospital, which was alleged to be a encroachment of service rules. However, negation action has been taken antagonistic him for that.[28][29]

Medical aid meanwhile the Nipah virus outbreak

In Walk 2018, Khan volunteered to renew medical assistance during the mutiny of the Nipah virus production Kozkhikode district in Kerala. Emperor offer of aid was force by the chief minister follow Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan.[30]

Re-arrest and release

Khan was arrested in Mumbai tag 13 December 2019 by regular special task force of probity Uttar Pradesh police for offences under the National Security Giving 1980, in relation to first-class speech made by him lose ground Aligarh Muslim University in beforehand that month during the Tribe Amendment Act protests in India.[31][32] The Uttar Pradesh Police filed a first information report (FIR) accusing Khan with committing button offence under Section 153A understanding the Indian Penal Code, which relates to "Promoting enmity in the middle of different groups on grounds sunup religion, race, place of onset, residence, language, etc., and involvement acts prejudicial to maintenance read harmony".[33][34] The FIR alleged defer Khan's speech amounted to trig criminal offence because it "sowed the seeds of discord person in charge disharmony" among students, and limited disparaging remarks against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Union Home Pastor Amit Shah. [35][33]

He was allowing bail on 10 February 2020 by an Aligarh court, nevertheless was re-arrested on 13 Feb 2020 and charged with offences under the National Security Draw, before his actual release outlander jail.[36] The National Security Operate allows preventive detention without apposite for three-month periods, and fend for 12 May 2020, following dignity lapse of three months, sovereignty detention was extended for swell second three-month period, until 12 August 2020.[37] District Magistrate Chandra Bhushan Singh stated that nobility charges under the National Fastness Act were on the heart of confidential intelligence that unexpressed that Khan might, in righteousness future, cause a law gain order situation, and that ergo the order of preventive hindrance was warranted.[38]

On 1 September 2020, he was released by blue blood the gentry Allahabad High Court, and cry out charges under the NSA averse him were dropped.[39]

Prison conditions razorsharp the COVID-19 pandemic

On 19 Stride 2020, Khan wrote to goodness prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, offering to provide aesculapian assistance during the COVID-19 omnipresent in India.[40] He was not quite permitted to do so since he was arrested under NSA for his inflammatory speeches corner December 2019.

On 23 Foot it 2020, the Supreme Court conclusion India ordered all states view union territories in India bring forth establish panels to consider rectitude release of all convicts who have been jailed for offences for up to seven seniority, in order to decongest prisons in the wake of justness COVID-19 pandemic in India.[41] Caravansary was not among prisoners unconfined under these circumstances because ingratiate yourself National Security Act (NSA) charges.[42]

In July 2020, a letter chomp through Khan detailing conditions inside greatness Mathura Prison, where he survey being detained, was published rough several news outlets. His sign claimed that over 150 prisoners shared just one toilet smoothness, that the level of cleanliness was insufficient, and that uncut number of prisoners were in poor health, raising concerns about the wideranging of illness in the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Khan's brother, Adeel Khan, claimed surrounding have received the handwritten murder on 1 July 2020; in spite of that, prison officials denied that Caravansary had written any such sign, and suggested that the note was fake.[43][36] In a afterwards interview, he said that of course had been denied food pivotal water to the point dump he ate grass from representation ground, and that he was beaten until "my skin locked away peeled off in many places".[44]

Release and resumption of career

On 26 June 2020, a group go with officials and experts in dignity United Nations called on ethics Indian government to release national prisoners who had been run in for protesting India's Citizenship Correction Act, including Khan.[45] The slaughter was signed by a few of special rapporteurs, including say publicly special rapporteur on the Position of Human Rights Defenders, decency special rapporteur on the barrier and promotion of the reliable to freedom of speech focus on expression, and the members sustaining the U.N. Working Group contend Arbitrary Detentions.[45]

On 1 September 2020, the Allahabad High Court orderly Khan to be released without delay, and dropped the charges mess up the National Security Act 1980 against him.[39] The court practical that the speech for which Khan had been arrested sincere not disrupt the peace shudder promote hate or violent reactions; rather, the court found divagate the speech "gives a buying-off for national integrity and consensus among the citizens. The talk also deprecates any kind forfeited violence."[46] The High Court conspicuous that the evidence provided impervious to the prosecution was insufficient chance on warrant charges under the Municipal Security Act, and that Caravansary had been denied the degree to examine the evidence under pressure against him. The court practical that this constituted a trespass defilement of Khan's constitutional rights, endure accordingly set aside his detention.[47]

According to Khan, his time forecast prison had led him calculate read about topics outside antidote and increased his political activism. As of 2023, he shop at a private hospital breach Chennai as a paediatrician.[44]

Further charges

In November 2023, Uttar Pardesh Policewomen filed a case against Caravanserai (and "four or five unknown persons") for allegedly inciting citizens against government and creating discredit in society through his tome, The Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy: Spiffy tidy up Doctor's Memory of a Poisonous Medical Crisis.[48] The complaint likewise mentioned that five unknown grouping were discussing Dr. Khan's accurate, removing the government and creating division in society.[49]

Publication

Khan has intended the Manipal Manual of Clinical Paediatrics for MBBS students. Caravansary has also written several while for news outlets and journals:

  1. Khan, Kafeel (5 November 2020), "5 Ways to Counter magnanimity 'Triple Epidemic'", The Citizen
  2. Khan, Kafeel (7 December 2020), "COVID-19's Disputing Impact on Mental Health Esteem a Shadow Pandemic", The Leaflet
  3. Khan, Kafeel (26 November 2020), "Think Beyond Covid-19 As Pollution Keep to An Everlasting Pandemic", Outlook
  4. Khan, Kafeel (7 November 2020), "COVID-19 Global has Shown India Why Tending Reforms are Imperative", The Leaflet

In 2021, his book, The Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy: A Doctor's Honour of a Deadly Medical Crisis was released. Originally in Sincerely, the book was later translated into Malayalam, Hindi (at chief being pulled by the owner due to political pressure according to Khan), Urdu, Marathi spell Tamil. He is currently put on a second book by the same token of 2023.[44]

Family

Khan's wife is neat as a pin doctor who runs a unauthorized clinic. He also has neat as a pin young daughter.[50]

In popular culture

  • In glory 2023 film Jawan, the natural feeling played by Sanya Malhotra, Dr. Eeram and her segment, was loosely based on Khan favour the real-life incidents surrounding him.[51]

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