Dr Kafeel Ahmad Khan, who was lauded as the “hero” for saving lives of many children during the BRD Medical College tragedy in Uttar Pradesh last year—that killed over 30 children due to oxygen shortage on the intervening night of August 10-11—has been languishing in Gorakhpur prison for the past eight months. He has been denied bail by the lower court and Allahabad High Court has not been hearing his matter because of one reason or the other.
Dr Kafeel was arrested and sent to jail on September 2 last year after an FIR was filed against him on August 23. He has been charged under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) and 409 (Criminal breach of trust by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The young doctor has penned a 10-page letter to the media from the prison, describing why his arrest is unjust.