Alleging "targeted victimisation", Dr Kafeel Khan, who was suspended following the deaths of over 60 children at Gorakhpur's BRD Hospital in 2017, on Tuesday demanded CBI probe into the tragedy.
Khan, who was in Bihar for his "health for all" campaign, alleged that he has been made a scapegoat in the incident which occurred because of shortage of oxygen cylinder supply caused by non-payment of dues to the supplier.
"I demand CBI inquiry into the deaths and also that the trial be transferred outside Uttar Pradesh. Those responsible for the tragedy including top health department officials and the minister concerned, are going about scot free and even heading the departmental inquiry which has been going on for the past 18 months," he told reporters here.
During his visit to the State, he also campaigned for CPI candidate Kanhaiya Kumar in Begusarai.