Police have arrested one Umesh Mishra, stated to be a BJP chief, for allegedly blocking an ambulance’s path together with his unattended automobile for greater than 30 minutes, which led to the dying of a man who was being rushed from Sitapur to a hospital in Lucknow.
Relations of the affected person alleged that Mishra threatened them with dire penalties when confronted for blocking the highway.
Taking cognisance of the difficulty, the Sitapur police tweeted that the incident came about final Saturday. SHO-Kotwali Nagar Tej Praksh Singh confirmed that Mishra was booked below related sections for his act. Mishra was reportedly being taken to Sitapur for interrogation on the time when this report was filed.
The household of Suresh Chandra, the affected person, stated he was being taken to a Lucknow hospital as he complained of chest ache. Medical doctors on the Sitapur district hospital reportedly instructed the household that Chandra had suffered a coronary heart assault. The relations had been accompanying him within the ambulance.
When the ambulance was nonetheless in Sitapur district, it needed to cease as the BJP chief’s unattended automobile was blocking its path. Reportedly, the ambulance couldn’t transfer ahead for greater than 30 minutes, leading to Chandra’s dying.
In response to a video viral on social media and purportedly shot by bystanders, Mishra may be seen shouting and threatening a relative of the deceased to get him framed in police instances.
Mishra’s place within the BJP was but to be ascertained, stated Sitapur circle officer Sushil Kumar Singh. “On the criticism of Jai Kishan Rathore, the brother-in-law of Suresh Chandra, an FIR below IPC sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 304 (inflicting dying by negligence), 504 (intentional insult with intent to impress breach of peace), and 506 (legal intimidation) was lodged in opposition to Mishra,” he added.
Picture Cap: A display seize from the viral video on Twitter