Murder case filed in Dy CMO's death on wife's plea

Murder case filed in Dy CMO's death on wife's plea

A case of murder and conspiracy was registered on Sunday in Lucknow by UP police in connection with the death of Deputy Chief Medical Officer Y S Sachan in Lucknow district jail hospital on his wife's complaint.

"An FIR under section 302 (murder) and 120B (conspiracy) has been lodged at Gosaiganj police station against unidentified persons on an application moved by DyCMO Sachan's wife Malti Sachan," a police spokesman said.

On Friday, Malti had sent an application to the Deputy Inspector General of Police asking him to lodge a case of murder.

52-year-old Sachan was found dead inside the toilet of Lucknow district jail. His post mortem report revealed nine injury marks on the body including on neck, elbow, thigh and wrist.

Alleging that Sachan was murdered, his family members rejected the police's suicide theory and demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident but it was ruled out by Mayawati government.

Meanwhile, Y S Pathak, Joint Director, UP Medico- Legal Department, claimed that all the wounds on Sachan's body could not have been inflicted by him and prima facie it looked to be a case of homicide and not suicide.

"Injury No 9 could not have been self inflicted. It was caused by other persons after Sachan's death. It was inflicted to make the case appear as suicide. "His body was hanged to make it look like suicide. All the wounds could not have been inflicted by Sachan himself. Prima facie it is a case of homicide and not suicide," Pathak said.

The main accused in the murder of Chief Medical Officer (Family Welfare) B P Singh, Sachan was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday night after which the government ordered a judicial probe into the incident and suspended five jail staffers, including a jailor.

Sachan's son Sankalp said, "My father was going to reveal who killed the CMO and that is why he was murdered. "He was killed just a day before the hearing. Why has the state government not called for a CBI inquiry into murders of three CMOs?." he said and alleged that some in the government were linked to the case.