BAREILLY: A day after a video went viral in which Shahjahanpur

Indra Vikram Singh is heard casually telling a woman who was

for the fourth time, “sharm nahi aati, do kaafi nahi hain (aren’t you ashamed? Are two children not enough?),” she died after delivering a boy.

A number of social organizations, including Farmers’ Union, have lodged a complaint against the official with Women Commission and CM Yogi Adityanath.

The video was shot on August 11, when the DM was conducting an inspection at the district hospital. The woman had been turned away due to shortage of beds in the hospital. She had then complained about it to the DM. After making the comment, the DM had ordered the CMS to immediately admit her to the hospital.

A day later, due to reasons unknown, the woman’s husband shifted her to a private hospital. She died there due to excessive bleeding after childbirth.

Despite repeated attempts, DM Singh was not available for comment.

The woman was identified as Rekha, wife of Jitendra Kumar of Singha village of Mirzapur block of Shahjahanpur. After her

death

, her brother-in-law Mukesh Kumar said on Saturday that his family was hurt by the DM’s comments.

Mukesh told TOI, “We were not happy with the facilities at the district hospital and took Rekha to a private hospital. After giving birth to a child through normal

, Rekha started bleeding. Doctors considered her condition serious and referred her to higher centre in

but she died before reaching there.”

Chief medical officer (women’s hospital) Dr Anita Dhasmana told TOI, “We had admitted Rekha at the hospital after she made a complaint to the DM on August 11. Next afternoon, her husband took her away to a private facility after signing ‘leave against medical advice’ form as we don’t advice anyone to a higher centre while on the verge of delivery. On Saturday, we heard that she died after delivering her baby. It is a known fact that risk to woman's life increases with each pregnancy. In this case, she died due to excessive bleeding."