Director targeted me, says AIIMS forensic head

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) forensic medicine department head Sudhir Gupta has accused the director of the institute of targeting him and seeking his removal.

“For the first time, the head of any department at AIIMS has been targeted by the director of the institute. I have been targeted for no fault of mine. This is absolutely uncalled for. I had written to the Union Health Ministry that I was under tremendous pressure to change the Sunanda Pushkar autopsy report and state the death as natural,” Gupta told media.

“AIIMS has moved the High Court to replace me without any directions from the ministry. I shall appeal against it as and when I get any notice from the court,” said Gupta.

AIIMS had moved an application in the Delhi High Court seeking to replace Gupta as the head of the forensic medicine department at the institute and reinstate former department <g data-gr-id="23">head</g> DN Bhardwaj. The court will hear the matter on July 23. Sunanda Pushkar, <g data-gr-id="21">wife</g> of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, was found dead on January 17, 2014, last year at a city five-star hotel.