A case has been filed against Dr. Kafeel Khan, a doctor previously incarcerated for criticizing BJP governments, and five unidentified individuals regarding the publication of his book.
Suspended Gorakhpur paediatrician and rights activist Dr Kafeel Khan was among 19 candidates whose names were announced by the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday for the upcoming elections to the Legislative Council.
'The Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy, A Doctor’s Memoir of a Deadly Medical Crisis' is a book by Dr. Kafeel Khan who has spent nearly 500 days in prison in the last three years and targeted several times by BJP government.
The image of parents running from pillar to post with their children in their arms, looking for beds and pleading with doctors to save their children reflected the grim reality of Uttar Pradesh's health infrastructure.
Accusing Uttar Pradesh Police of intimidating his 70-year-old mother and targeting his family members, pediatrician and activist Dr. Kafeel Khan has said that the cops came to his home in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday evening.
Suspended Gorakhpur doctor Kafeel Khan who has been targeted by the saffron party-led government in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, took to Twitter to state that his services had been terminated by the UP government after 1500 days of "illegal suspension."