Thirty more oxygen cylinders reached the store of Hazaribag Medical College and Hospital on Thursday night. Still several cylinders and 60 regulators are missing. The hospital management claimed that these 30 cylinders were in the refilling industry. The management of the factory refused that these cylinders were not recovered from the factory.
The Special Investigating team has raised pressure on the hospital management. The team has started the investigation and called outsourcing supervisor MJ Solanki, who said to the investigating team that there was no provision to maintain the register for incoming and outgoing cylinders and regulators also. The team leader of SIT Headquarter DY. SP Mahesh Parjapati said that they are verifying the stock of the store of the hospital.
The responsible officers are giving the different types of information. The information does not match with one another.
COVID ward in charge Barhi SDO said that when Corona was on peak , DC Hazaribag had given him the responsibility to look after the COVID ward. “I was busy arranging the oxygen cylinder for the patients. When I came to know regarding the missing of the cylinders from the store, I suggested to the superintendent to lodge the FIR in the local police station,” he said.
The SIT also investigated Civil Surgeon Samjay Kumar Jaiswal, district accounts manager Bhola Shankar Gupta, hospital Superintendent Binod Kumar Singh, Deputy Superintendent AK Singh, among others.
The investigating team sources said that the 30 cylinders were not recovered from the Demotand based factory but it was recovered from the different spots in the municipal areas.
Superintendent of Police Kartik S said that SIT has started the investigation, so it will be very early to say something regarding the case. He assured that they will reach a conclusion as early as possible.
The SIT team has recovered two regulators and 15,000 cash from the storekeeper on Friday evening.