KANPUR: A 37-year-old assistant engineer employed at the Panki power plant near the city died after a
botched hair transplant surgery, police said.
The incident from March surfaced after the deceased's spouse lodged a formal complaint. Following this, the Rawatpur police station registered an FIR against the medical practitioner on Saturday.
Vineet Kumar Dubey from Gorakhpur, an assistant engineer at Panki power plant, lived with his wife and their two children in the officers' colony. On March 11, his wife went to her family home in Gonda with their children. On March 13, Vineet visited a city-based MBBS doctor's clinic in Kalyanpur for a hair transplant.
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According to the victim's wife, Jaya Tripathi, she received a call from an unknown number on the morning of March 14, informing her that Vineet had facial swelling and was being taken to a hospital, but the call abruptly ended.
Her attempts to reconnect failed, as the phone was switched off. Around 11am, she tried to contact the hair transplant doctor, but her phone was also switched off. She then asked her uncle in Kanpur to check on Vineet in the hospital. As Vineet's condition worsened, he was taken to Regency Hospital, where he died on March 15.
Following her appeal to officials, a complaint was registered at Rawatpur police station against the doctor, charging her with death caused by negligent medical care.
A case under Section 106 (1) of BNS has been filed against the accused doctor, police said, adding that the section deals with negligence leading to someone's death.
Kalyanpur ACP, Abhishek Kumar Pandey, said they recorded statements of people who introduced the engineer to the doctor. However, the doctor has not yet appeared despite having been summoned, he said. "Our investigations will determine further action," Pandey said.
