Two men were arrested by the Hyderabad police in connection with the deaths of two auto drivers who collapsed and died after administering Atranium 25 mg, an anaesthesia drug, near Farooq-e-Azam Masjid, in Chandrayangutta.
The accused were identified as Choude Akash, 23, a ward boy at ABS Hospital, Chikkadpally, Jarpati Shiva Shankar, 19, an auto driver, and Yamjala Kalyan, 23, a band player.
Police have also booked two hospital staff members - neuro-surgeon S. Jaipal Reddy, chairman and managing director of ABS Hospital, and Mohammed Vikaruddin, a student nurse and surgical assistant- for negligence in handling controlled drugs.
According to the police, Reddy had requisitioned 25 Atranium vials for surgery on November 26, of which four were used. The remaining vials were left unsecured in the operating theatre in violation of protocols. Vikaruddin was responsible for arranging the medicines but failed to ensure their proper storage. This negligence, officials said, enabled Akash to steal the ampoules later misused.
The case came into light in the early hours of December 3, when Jahangir Khan, 25, and Syed Irfan, 29, were found unconscious in an auto after self-administering the injection.
