The case involving the rape of a minor SC girl and the subsequent termination of her pregnancy, saw another twist on Sunday with the doctor, who performed the termination, dying in police custody.
The retired government doctor K Tirupaiah (65), who had terminated the 28-week old foetus of the minor girl, was being interrogated by the police over the last two days and died early around 2.30 a.m.Sunday, allegedly due to cardiac arrest. Police sources said that the doctor had confessed to performing the abortion before his death. Police also said that one of his two sons, both doctors, was with Tirupaiah at the police station, at the time of the heart attack. He was rushed to the Chodavaram government hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
However, Registered Medical Practitioners of Chodavaram alleged that police killed Tirupaiah.Relatives of the doctor also staged a dharna at the hospital alleging that the cops are responsible for his death.
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