Haryana: Cop suspended for sending accident victims to private hospital
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A police officer has been suspended following reports that those injured in accidents were allegedly sent to a private hospital instead of government ones in Haryana's Karnal district, officials said today.
The action was taken after a video went viral on social media, showing an ambulance of a private hospital parked on the premises of police post located on Karnal-Indri state highway.
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Reports say nexus between police and the private hospital
Ramba police post in-charge, Jagbir Singh, has been placed under suspension, police said.
There were reports that there was allegedly a nexus between police and the private hospital for ferrying patients injured in accidents on the highway to a particular private hospital for treatment.
"An inquiry has been marked in this regard," Karnal Superintendent of Police, Surinder Singh Bhoria, said.