Overview
- Bhaskar Prasad, acting CMS of the Birsinghpur government hospital in Sultanpur, was suspended and attached to the Ayodhya health office pending a departmental enquiry.
- Police registered an FIR at Jaysinghpur station on a BJP leader’s complaint, with investigators citing alleged disparaging remarks about the state government and the chief minister.
- The suspension order references Uttar Pradesh service conduct and discipline rules and labels the recorded comment indecent and objectionable.
- Health officials said the probe also covers alleged service irregularities, including prescribing medicines from outside pharmacies and lapses in biomedical waste disposal.
- A video from an AAP protest over facility shortcomings shows Prasad urging protesters to target the government instead of hospital officials, which he denies, saying the clip is out of context and that he will seek legal relief.