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The father of the twin babies, one of whom was wrongly declared dead by Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, has sought a court-monitored probe into the matter, alleging that the ongoing "tainted" investigation may harm the prosecution case.
In the plea filed through advocate Rishipal Singh before a magisterial court in Rohini, Ashish Kumar (father) has also urged that the station house officer concerned be directed to share details of the progress made in the investigation.
A baby boy and his twin sister, prematurely born at the hospital on 30 November, were declared stillborn by the hospital doctors.
However, when the parents were on their way to the crematorium, they found the boy was still alive and rushed him to another hospital. He died later at a private nursing home.
The applicant has alleged that there was a delay of 20 hours in lodging FIR in the matter.
The plea has sought directions to the police to explain why the statements of the family members of the complainant (the father) have not been recorded by the police.
It said that hospital did not provide proper care and treatment, which resulted in the death of two infants.
But the hospital resumed its operations 10 days later, after it got relief from an appellate authority which stayed the Delhi government's order.
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