The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) conducted a probe into the incident and decided to fine the doctors of Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College for negligence.
MEERUT: Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and Zolegensma were strange words for Meerut’s Abhishek Verma, 34, when he first heard them. Now they have become part of his daily lexicon. The first one is a rare disease and the other an outrageously expensive medicine for its treatment which costs Rs 22crore. And the afflicted person is his only daughter, Ishani, who is just 18 months old now. Life has not been easy on Verma. He was already tiding over the challenges posed by Rs 25,000 a month salary in a Delhi firm, when “Ishani had come as a breather”.
It didn’t last long though.
The crime came to light after the girl s health started deteriorating for the last few days. When her parents took her to a doctor, it was revealed that she was 8-month pregnant.
Updated Feb 25, 2021 | 15:59 IST
Local residents in Meerut s Pallavpuram suspect that the girl may have been pushed by some who was already on the tower. But police have ruled out any such possibility. Police are believing the above two reasons as a reason for suicide. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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Meerut: A girl allegedly committed suicide after jumping from a 13th floor building of under-construction Supertech Colony in Pallavpuram area of Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh.
The girl was said to be in depression after she got no job. She was also under family pressure to marry soon.
Updated Feb 25, 2021 | 19:49 IST
Ramsanjeevan Yadav, crime branch inspector at Nauchandi police station in Meerut, said the victim Chanda Luthra was smothered by her husband Sanjay for opposing extra-marital affair. Omprakash had claimed that his daughter had injury marks on her face and neck. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The victim was currently teaching at a government primary school in Lohadda village of Khatoli block
Victim s father Omprakash had claimed that his daughter had injury marks on her face and neck.
Meerut: The city police claimed to have solved the case of the mysterious death of a woman teacher in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh.