Overview
- Ambedkarnagar police arrested Yogesh Verma, 32, and Shubham Vishwakarma, 19, for allegedly performing a caesarean at Navjeevan Clinic without recognised medical qualifications.
- Priyanka, 28, delivered a baby girl on February 5, suffered heavy bleeding, was referred from Akbarpur toward Lucknow, and died during transfer, according to police.
- Health and administrative teams sealed the unregistered facility on February 8 and registered an FIR on February 9 after a complaint by the local CHC superintendent.
- The clinic’s operator, identified as Ruby, fled after family protests and remains absconding as police work to trace her and seize additional evidence, including mobile phones.
- Officials are probing whether the duo operated elsewhere, documenting maternal deaths since April 2025, and verifying medical credentials linked to the clinic; reports say the site ran for years without permits and charged low fees.