Finally, case recorded for Raifa’s death

Police have finally recorded a case in connection with the death of minor girl Raifa Khan due to negligence in her treatment in Chittagong, reports UNB.

Chawkbazar police station officer-in-charge Abul Kalam Azad said they recorded the first information report (FIR) filed on Wednesday against four people, including three physicians of Max Hospital, as a case on Friday.

Earlier, victim's father Rubel Khan, also a staff reporter of vernacular daily the Daily Samakal, lodged the FIR.

The accused are physician Bidhan Roy Chowdhury, 50, physician Debashish Sengupta, 32, physician Shuvra Deb, 32, and hospital managing director Liakat Ali, 57.

Raifa Khan, 3, died due to wrong treatment at the private hospital in the port city in the early hours of 29 June.

Later, two probe panels formed by the government to look into the incident found negligence in the treatment of the minor girl.