Dr. Kafeel Khan seen dancing after Court Stays his Second Suspension Order; watch video
The Allahabad High Court has put a stay on the Uttar Pradesh government’s order to suspend doctor Kafeel Khan for the second time, Bar and Bench reported on Tuesday.
Dr. Kafeel Khan, a pediatrician at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College and Hospital in Gorakhpur, was first suspended in 2017 after 63 children died at the facility reportedly due to lack of oxygen.
He was also jailed for nine months on charges of medical negligence, corruption, and dereliction of duty.
However, in September 2019, the Uttar Pradesh government cleared Khan of all charges and praised him for doing everything he could to help save lives.
But again the same year, the government suspended Khan again for allegedly treating patients forcibly at a hospital in Bahraich district, according to PTI.
The Uttar Pradesh government alleged that Khan had entered the hospital’s pediatric department with some outsiders in 2018 and created panic.
The doctor challenged the order before the High Court, arguing that since he was already under suspension for the 2017 incident, there was no point in passing another similar order, according to Bar and Bench.
Meanwhile, after the courts’ order to put a stay on the suspension for a second time, a video surfaced on social media where he was seen dancing with all pleasure in a Rajasthani folk. His wife Dr.Shabista Khan shared the video on tweeter.
Khan also told the court that two years had passed since the government issued the second order for his suspension but the inquiry against him had not still been completed.
He was also arrested in January 2020 for allegedly making inflammatory remarks during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act at the Aligarh Muslim University. He was detained under the National Security Act.
The doctor was later released in September last year after the Allahabad High Court extinguished his detention order.
However, on August 26, 2021, the High Court quashed all criminal proceedings against him in connection with the speech.
