Chief medical officer shot dead in Lucknow

A senior health department official was today shot dead by unidentified persons near his Gomti Nagar residence, a senior police officer said.

BP Singh, who was chief medical officer in the family welfare department, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne persons when he had gone for morning walk in Vishesh Khand in Gomti Nagar area, DIG DK Thakur said.

In October last year, Vinod Kumar Arya, who was posted on the same post, was shot dead near his Vikas Nagar residence when he had gone for morning walk.

Singh, a cardiologist at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and also general secretary of Provincial Medical Services, was appointed as the CMO a few months ago.

This is the second killing of a senior health department official within six months.

To protest against Singh's murder, members of PMS went on a flash strike.