26-year-old woman’s Death Case Handed over to COD – Raghupathi Bhat
Udupi: “The state government has handed over the death case of the young married woman named Raksha (26), wife of Udupi city BJP Yuva Morcha Vice President Shivaprasad to the COD”, said Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat.
Speaking at a press meet held at the District BJP office on August 24, Bhat said, “The death of a young married woman named Raksha (26), wife of Udupi city BJP Yuva Morcha Vice President Shivaprasad reportedly due to ill-health has snowballed into a controversy. The family members allege that the woman had died due to medical negligence. The home minister and also the district minister in-charge Basavraj Bommai held a meeting with the district police officials and district officials through video conference at the SP office”.
The home minister has gathered all the necessary details regarding the case, and as an MLA of Udupi, I had requested the home minister to conduct an enquiry from a separate investigation agency. The home minister and state police chief Praveen Sood have agreed to conduct a COD enquiry in the death case of Raksha.
The minister has instructed to form a medical board of seven-member expert doctors. As per the instruction of the minister, the district administration has formed a seven-member committee of expert doctors.
The seven committee members are Dr Chandrashekar Adiga, Dr Ajith Shetty, Dr Udayshanker, Dr Rama Rao, Dr Umesh Prabh, Dr Smitha Shenoy and Dr Nagrathna. The committee should submit the report to the government in 5 days, Bhat said.
Speaking on the report of the exchange of dead bodies in Kundapur, Bhat said, “The district In-charge minister Bommai is deeply upset with the incident. It is a big shame to the district and should not be repeated again”.
The minister asked the district administration to take care while handing over the dead bodies in any death cases. The district hospital should appoint a special officer for handing over the dead bodies to the family members, he said.