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Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand sent Dr Naveen Khichi, the hospital’s owner and Dr Aaksh — who was on duty at the time of the fire late on Saturday — to a three-day police custody
A court on Monday allowed the Delhi Police’s plea seeking three days of custodial interrogation of the owner and on-duty doctor of the private hospital where a blaze killed seven newborns and injured five.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand sent Dr Naveen Khichi, the hospital’s owner and Dr Aaksh — who was on duty at the time of the fire late on Saturday — to a three-day police custody.
A detailed order in the matter is awaited. Police arrested the two doctors on Sunday.
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