One of the doctors suspended over the death of a new mother at the Midnapore Medical College due to administration of expired saline on Wednesday moved the Calcutta High Court to quash the CID’s case against her. The matter will be heard on an urgent basis on Monday.

At the medical college, four new mothers were allegedly administered expired Ringer’s Lactate saline on January 8. A day later, Mamoni Rui Das’s health began to deteriorate, and she died on January 10. The others — Mampi Singh, Nasreen Khatun, Minara Bibi, and Rekha Sau — were in critical condition. Singh, Khatun, and Minara were referred to the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata after their condition worsened.

Senior resident doctor Pallavi Bandhopadhay, who is an anaesthetist, alleged that the death of the mother was “due to the saline” and not due to anaesthesia, and that the CID is “trying to falsely implicate” her instead of investigating the expired Ringer’s Lactate saline.

The FIR reads that the mother had died on January 10, whereas she delivered the child on January 8.

On January 16, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suspended 12 doctors, including the medical superintendent and six postgraduate trainee doctors, of Midnapore Medical College and Hospital for “clear cases of medical negligence” as per a report submitted by the CID and a team of experts formed by the state government. The CID has been asked to investigate the 12 doctors who were suspended by the state health department.