Overview

• Sanitation staff discovered a badly decomposed, unidentifiable male body in a fifth-floor overhead tank that had supplied OPDs, wards and washrooms for roughly 10 days.
• Authorities sealed the tank, sanitised the campus and shifted the facility to tanker water while samples were sent to Lucknow for laboratory testing.
• Deoria District Magistrate Divya Mittal is leading the investigation, with an inquiry committee headed by the Chief Development Officer tasked with a rapid report.
• An inspection found the tank unlocked and recovered liquor bottles and other objectionable items on the terrace, indicating serious monitoring and security failures.
• Principal Dr Rajesh Kumar Baranwal was removed and attached to the DG (medical education) office, Dr Rajni was given additional charge, and police are reviewing CCTV and records to identify the deceased and determine access to the campus.