Did murdered UP medic alert govt about police high-handedness?

“As the letter is not before me,I can also not comment whether it is genuine or fake or whether it was written before his death or after,” Singh said.

“If he had written any letter it would have come to me through the proper channel,” he said,adding that it ought to have been addressed to the Director General,Family Welfare.

In a letter written on April 10,while he was taken for remand,Dr Sachan had stated that he along with two other accused in the murder of Lucknow Chief Medical Officer B P Singh were forced to sign blank papers.

“Remand par court se laate samay April 8 ko mujhse,Dr C J Yadav evam P C Verma se saade kagaj par dara dhamka kar sign karwaye hain (After returning from remand on April 8,police has forcibly got my signature and Dr Yadav’s and Verma’s on blank papers),” Sachan said in the letter in possession with PTI.

The other two accused — Dr C J Yadav and Dr P C Verma — were also arrested along with Dr Sachan.

“Hame sandeh hai ki iska durupyog nah ho. Agar aisa hota hai to iski puri zimmedari apki evam prashashan ki hogi (I suspect that this could be misused and if it happens,you and the administration will be responsible),” the letter added.

Dr Sachan was found dead under mysterious circumstances on June 22 and a subsequent autopsy confirmed he was murdered and an FIR was also registered against unnamed persons in this regard at Gosaigan police station.

As more questions arise over the Mayawati administration’s ability to handle the case,the Opposition has called for a CBI probe into the murders of all three chief medical officers killed in the last nine months.