On the run for more than for around a month police has arrested Manish Bhandari, the owner of Pushpa Sales. In the BRD Medical College and Hoapital case in Gorakhpur that resulted in the death of 33 children on August 10 and 11.
The Pushpa Sales supplied oxygen to the hospital.
On Friday the Gorakhpur court had announced Manish as an absconder and police was 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 was interrogation Manish.
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 police complaint was lodged after state chief secretary Rajiv Kumar submitted his report to the CM seeking strict action against the nine people
Police have charged suspended principal of BRD Medical College Dr Rajeev Misra and Manish Bhandari for attempted culpable homicide (attempt to cause death) and criminal conspiracy. As per the FIR, head of anaesthesia department Dr Satish and then nodal officer for the acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) ward Dr Kafeel Ahmed have been charged with criminal negligence resulting in death.
The case has been registered under section 409 (criminal breach of trust by a public servant), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy) and section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) apart from section 8 (taking gratification) of Prevention of Corruption Act, section 15 of Indian Medical Council Act and section 66 (misusing computer or communication device to send information which is untrue).