Lucknow:
The main accused in the Chief Medical Officer (Family Welfare) BP Singh murder case was found dead inside the Lucknow district jail hospital on Wednesday.
"Deputy CMO Yogendra Singh Sachan committed suicide inside the toilet of the district jail hospital this evening," said DK Thakur, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Lucknow.
The DIG said Sachan was admitted to the jail hospital for general ailment.
Sachan was named in CMO murder case as the main accused by police following arrest of three people by the Special Task Force (STF) on June 17.
Singh was shot dead by unidentified persons on the morning of April 2 when he had gone out for a walk.
The STF had on June 17 arrested three persons - Ram Krishna Verma, Anand Tewari and Vinod Sharma - who had confessed to the crime and named Sachan as the main conspirator.
Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh had said the police had picked up the trio from the Madiyaon police station area in Lucknow. The men confessed that they had received Rs 7 lakh for committing the crime.
Mr Singh said the CMO was murdered to hide massive irregularities in the department with regard to purchase of medicines and other items besides payments, in which the role of Sachan was also proved.
Sachan was already in jail based on preliminary inquiries.