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BMC hid 950 COVID deaths, says Devendra Fadnavis

Demands probe into discrepancy to find out who put pressure on audit committee

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Devendra Fadnavis

Devendra Fadnavis

Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis has accused the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC of hiding over 950 COVID-19 deaths. He has asked CM Uddhav Thackeray whether the officials concerned would be punished.

Fadnavis has said in a letter that the BMC-s death audit committee had changed the cause of death in 451 cases to non-COVID in violation of the ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research guidelines. He added that around 500 COVID deaths in private hospitals were not brought before the audit committee. "This is very serious and criminal act. We want to know under whose pressure the death audit committee made such blatant changes. We also want to know the action to be taken against the officials concerned," said Fadnavis in a statement on Monday.

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