The acting Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) of a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur was booked on Monday for allegedly making objectionable remarks against the chief minister and the government. By Tuesday morning, he was suspended.

Dr Bhaskar Prasad, the officiating CMS at the 100-bed hospital, told The Indian Express that he had been framed and there was a conspiracy against him. The government has also ordered a departmental inquiry against Dr Prasad into additional charges, including improper disposal of bio-waste and patients being asked to buy medicines from outside — charges he refuted.

The incident took place on Saturday, when a group of protesters from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stood outside the government hospital in Birsinghpur, alleging inadequate faciliti

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