New Delhi: The main accused in the murder of Uttar Pradesh Chief Medical Officer BP Singh's was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday.
Dr Yogendra Singh Sachan, who was the deputy CMO, was found dead inside Lucknow jail.
The Lucknow police suspect that Sachan committed suicide.
"Deputy CMO Yogendra Singh Sachan committed suicide in the toilet of district jail hospital," said DIG Lucknow DK Thakur.
The DIG said Sachan was admitted to the jail hospital for general ailment and he had undergone angiography in the past.
Sachan was named in CMO murder case as the main accused by police following arrest of three persons by the STF on June 17.
Singh was shot dead by unidentified persons on April 2 morning when he had gone out for a walk.
The STF had on June 17 arrested three persons - Ram Krishna Verma, Anand Tewari and Vinod Sharma - who had confessed to the crime and named Sachan as the main
conspirator.
Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh had said the police had picked up the trio from the Madiyaon police station area in Lucknow. They told the police that they had received Rs 7 lakhs for committing the crime.
On the motive behind the murder, the cabinet secretary said it was the outcome of massive irregularities in the department with regard to purchase of medicines and other items besides payments, in which the role of Sachan was also
proved.
Sachan was already in jail as preliminary inquires had pointed an accusing finger at him.
Sachan was arrested immediately after Singh's murder when the investigating agencies detected swindling of funds to the tune of several crore of rupees in the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission in the state.
(With additional information from PTI)
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