Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], November 29 (ANI): Five doctors have been named by the Rajkot Police in the case of the fire that took place in the COVID-19 Uday Shivanand Hospital in Rajkot.

The fire that broke out on Friday had claimed the lives of at least five people. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani ordered a probe into the incident and announced Rs 4 lakh compensation to the kin of each of the deceased.

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According to Manoharsingh Jadeja, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Zone 2, Rajkot, the five doctors will be arrested after their COVID-19 tests return tomorrow.

Responding to the incident, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday demanded a serious investigation into the incidents of another similar fire, which broke out in a COVID hospital in Gujarat on Thursday night. (ANI)

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