Three newborns dead, inquiry still being ordered
The RIMS Adilabad fire killed three newborns. The cause remains unestablished; KTR has demanded accountability and Rs 25 lakh for each affected family.
The cause of the RIMS Adilabad fire remains under investigation.
Three newborns died after a fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit at RIMS, Adilabad, around 11.40–11.50 pm on September 21, according to published reports. Two others were reported to be in critical condition, but occupancy and injury figures differ across accounts. The cause has not been established. Police have registered a suspicious or unnatural death case under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and begun an investigation. [1][2]
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy expressed grief, ordered an inquiry and directed officials to provide treatment and submit a report on the fire’s cause, according to the Indian Express report. The inquiry order, its terms, deadline and any action against officials have not been published in the material reviewed. The government’s response currently has the familiar shape of grief first, paperwork next.
BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao said Revanth Reddy “must take full responsibility”, alleging poor maintenance, weak oversight and failures in the children’s ward. He also demanded immediate safety inspections of neonatal wards and intensive-care units across Telangana, and Rs 25 lakh ex gratia for each affected family. Those allegations, including claims of earlier warnings about RIMS, remain unverified; no warning records, maintenance files, fire-safety audit or inquiry report is publicly available in the material reviewed. [3][4][5]
The fire is established. The accountability case is not yet proved. That is precisely why the Congress government’s inquiry needs documents, dates and findings—not another report placed safely somewhere between announcement and action.