Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has issued notice to Superintendent of Police, Panipat and Chief Medical officer, Panipat asking them to submit a report within on week on the incident of death of a lady doctor under suspicious circumstances and protests on National Highway 1 by the residents followingthe incident.
Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports,the Commission has asked SP Panipat and CMO Panipat to submit status report on the matter.
The orders stated, “It has been reported that the people have blocked the national highway obstructing the smooth running of traffic at Samalkha in Panipat thereby causing inconvenience to the general public. It was brought to the notice than on account of raid by the Chief Medical Officer, Panipat at the clinic of a suspected doctor who was aborting a girl child and during that time, the doctor expired.”
Notably, Dr Sunita Arora died under suspicious circumstances at her maternity home at Samalkha on Friday night after a team of health officials conducted a raid. Following suspicion of certain irregularities under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagonastic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, the team had raided the maternity home being run from the private residence of Dr Sunita Arora.
However, the deceased's husband Ved Prakash alleged that Sunita was murdered by the raiding team, comprising officials of the health department and civil administration.
Meanwhile, in a Facebook post made on Saturday, Dr Sunita’s daughter Ishita Arora, a Young India Fellow at Ashoka University, had made a statement about her mother being murdered on Friday night by 5 government officials and doctors of Panipat.
Her post has already gone viral and through her post, she wants to reach to the highest officials of the government of India and seek justice.