Never worked with Sachan: ex-CMO Shukla

“In the month of May 2010,Dr Rajendra Prasad was posted as district programme officer,Lucknow and was given charge of all NRHM activities. Prasad was posted till July 2010 and Dr Vinod Kumar took over from him as DPO in July 2010,the post which was later converted to CMO family welfare. Dr YS Sachan got himself posted as deputy-CMO NRHM in September 2010. He took over the charge of NRHM activities in October 2010 and continued till February 2011,when BP Singh took over from him on February 26,2011.”

He further said,“Thus,it is clear that Dr YS Sachan took over about five months after I left NRHM work,so there is no question of making any payment with Dr Sachan as these payments would have been done by other CMOs(family welfare).”

Claiming that the charges against him in the FIR lodged in the Wazirganj police station are false,Shukla said,“As far as allegations against me about use and payment of vehicles,these vehicles were used by Bal Mahila Chikitsalaya. I made the payments after bills and log books were verified by respective superintendents,ACMOs and accountants.”

He said hiring of manpower from a private agency was done as per provisions of a government order and payments were made “after verification of unit incharges”.

Shukla is currently posted in the state Health Directorate as Joint Director.

Sachan death: CJM summons jailor,seeks autopsy report

The Chief Judicial Magistrate probing the mysterious death of deputy CMO Y S Sachan in district jail hospital here has summoned the jailor and sought the post-mortem report and its video recording.

CJM Rajesh Upadhyay has directed SSP D K Thakur to produce the post-mortem report and its video recording,as well as ensure the presence of jailor Bhimsem Mukund in his chamber on June 30,court sources said.

Sachan,an accused in CMO B P Singh’s murder case,was found dead under suspicious circumstances in the toilet of the jail hospital here on June 22,following which the Mayawati government ordered a judicial probe.

He was charged with masterminding Singh’s murder on April 2 through three shooters — R K Verma,Anand Tiwari and Vinod Shama — who were arrested by the STF on June 17.

Jailor Mukund was on duty when Sachan was allegedly killed inside the jail. A case of murder was registered at Gosaiganj police station following a complaint by Sachan’s wife.

The bungling and misappropriation in health and family welfare department was detected during inquiry into the murder of B P Singh. Two UP ministers — Babu Singh Khushwaha and Anant Kumar Mishra — had quit over the controversy.