Suspended Dr. Kafeel Khan Requests UP CM Yogi Adityanath To Revoke Order, Says Can Help Covid Patients

In 2017, Khan hit the headlines after the Oxygen tragedy at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, in which several children died due to lack of oxygen cylinders.

Kafeel Khan (Image Source: PTI)

Lucknow: Suspended paediatrician, Dr. Kafeel Khan has written to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath requesting to revoke his suspension so that he can serve COVID-19 patients.

“My experience of more than 15 years in the ICU may be helpful in saving some lives. I humbly request that you to give me the opportunity to serve the country in this COVID-19 epidemic,” said Khan in a tweet.

“I have written 38 letters to the state government to revoke my suspension. The inquiry committee constituted by the state government has given a clean chit in the case. The Allahabad high court, as well as the Supreme Court in the orders passed in 2019, directed the state government to take a decision on my suspension within 90 days but even after 1,300 days, the suspension has not been revoked,” he wrote in his letter to the UP CM. 

Kafeel Khan & Oxygen Tragedy 

In 2017, Khan hit the headlines after the Oxygen tragedy at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, in which several children died due to lack of oxygen cylinders. Initially, he was hailed as a saviour for the children for arranging emergency oxygen cylinders but later, faced action, along with nine other doctors and staff members of the hospital, all of whom were released on bail later.

In January 2020, Khan was arrested after he delivered speech at the Aligarh Muslim University on December 10, 2019 during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests. He was subsequently booked under the stringent National Security Act (NSA). 

On September 1, 2020, the Allahabad High Court had quashed Khan's detention under the NSA and ordered his immediate release, saying his speech at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) didn't promote hatred or violence.

Uttar Pradesh Curfew

On Tuesday, the Yogi Adityanath government said that it had imposed a night curfew in the entire state of Uttar Pradesh additionally, there will be a 'complete lockdown' on Saturdays & Sundays starting from this weekend i.e., from Friday 8 pm to Monday 7 am, the whole state will be under lockdown.