Report sought from Agra Mental Asylum and UP Government<br> on fake certificate expose

New Delhi, 5 July 2004
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo-motu cognizance based on media reports of a government psychiatrist at the Agra Mental Asylum, Uttar Pradesh, having charged Rs. 10,000/- to certify women clinically insane so to enable their husbands to file for divorce.
A report has been sought within two weeks from the Director of the Hospital and the Home Secretary, Department of Home, Uttar Pradesh.
As per the media report, the psychiatrist Dr. S. K. Gupta had facilitated 10 such divorces by issuing false certificates. It was also reported that Dr. Gupta has disappeared.
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