Updated: September 3, 2020 7:30:38 pm
Kafeel Khan said that he and his family came to Jaipur in Rajasthan because they felt “safe” here. Rajasthan is a state governed by Congress. (File image)
Days after his release from prison after the Allahabad High Court overturned his detention under the National Security Act (NSA), Dr. Kafeel Khan said Thursday that he would ask Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, to reinstate his job in the state medical services. At a press conference in Jaipur, Khan said that the UP government falsely implicated him and sent him to jail because he had exposed the system.
“Since the High Court has vacated the charges brought against me by the NSA, I would write to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for my reinstatement in medical service,” said Dr. Kafeel Khan.
“If I am not allowed, I will conduct medical camps in the flood-affected areas of Assam as an activist,” he added.
Khan, a pediatrician, was suspended from BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur after several children died there in 2017, apparently due to a lack of oxygen cylinders. A departmental investigation later cleared Khan of most of the charges.
He was released from Mathura District Jail on Tuesday after the Allahabad High Court ruled that his detention under the strict National Security Act (NSA) was “illegal.” He was arrested on January 29 for allegedly giving a “provocative speech” at the Muslim University of Aligarh.
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In an indirect reference to Uttar Pradesh, Khan said that he and his family came to Jaipur in Rajasthan because they felt “safe” here. Rajasthan is a state governed by Congress.
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Khan said he was falsely implicated by the UP government and sent to jail because he had exposed the system. “He led a simple life. I tried to expose the system when the children died at BRD Medical College due to lack of oxygen. This did not go well for our prime minister and a false case was presented, and they sent me to jail, “he said.
Khan alleged that he was tortured and asked “strange questions” after being arrested by the UP’s special task force. “The NSA was imposed on me for three months and lasted for three months. Again, it spread after three months. They did not give me water for 72 hours after being detained, ”he said.
“They physically tortured me after the STF arrested me. They asked me strange questions as if I had invented some powder to kill people and visited Japan to overthrow the government, ”Khan said.
After his release Tuesday evening, Khan had claimed that the Uttar Pradesh government, led by Yogi Adityanath, was indulging in ‘Baal Hatth’ (childish stubbornness) rather than observing ‘Raj Dharma’. He also said that the the state could incriminate him in another case now that he’s out of jail.
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