The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested Manish Bhandari, the owner of Pushpa Sales in connection with the death of 33 children in Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College and Hospital on August 10 and 11.
Bhandari has been on the run for more than one month.
The Pushpa Sales supplied oxygen to the hospital.
On Friday, the Gorakhpur court had announced Manish as an absconder and police were planning to to move court for attachment of his property.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Satyarth Anirudh Pankaj said in Gorakhpur that with this arrest all the nine accused have been arrested. He said police were interrogating Bhandari.
The FIR was lodged against nine people by medical education and training director general KK Gupta with the Hazratganj police in lucknow on August 23 and later transferred to Gorakhpur.
The case was registered under various sections of IPC, including criminal conpiracy, after Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rajiv Kumar submitted his report to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seeking strict action against the nine people.