April 4, 2011 1:11 PM

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CMO murder: UP police announces Rs 2 lakhs reward

In Uttar Pradesh, a reward of 2 lakhs rupees has been announced for providing information about killers of Chief Medical Officer B P Singh who was murdered in a posh locality in Lucknow on Saturday. Doctors had gone on a state-wide strike to protest the gunning down of Chief Medical Officer B P Singh. AIR correspondent reports, the doctors from Provincial Medical Services have postponed their stir till 10th of this month following talks with the state government. The Chief Medical Officer in the Family Welfare Department posted at Lucknow was shot dead by two unidentified persons. Dr Singh, who joined as CMO Family Planning and Welfare a month ago was sprayed with bullets while he was on a morning walk with a doctor friend. The Lucknow police have provided security to the friend of Dr Singh, one of the main eyewitnesses, who was with him at the time of the incident. Medical and health services are now available after postponement the strike. PMS Doctors have announced to abstain from paperwork from 0800 to 1000 hrs as a mark of protest and to press their demand for CBI inquiry into the case. Last October, Dr. Vinod Kumar Arya, who was appointed to the same post, was shot dead near his residence in Vikas Nagar area. Meanwhile alleging the law and order had deteriorated in the state, the state Congress has demanded a CBI probe into incident. State Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi said a CBI inquiry should be conducted to unravel the nexus among criminals, contractors and politicians.

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