Chandauli, Oct. 4 -- A woman died after allegedly undergoing surgery performed by a hospital manager in the absence of a doctor at a private hospital in Chandauli, following which police arrested the 24-year-old accused in a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

According to a press release, the accused, identified as Indrajeet Prajapati, was the manager of Indra Hospital in Mahraiya under Dhanapur Police Station. Police said he allegedly performed surgery on Suman on August 19 after the doctor did not arrive at the hospital.

Suman had been admitted to the hospital on August 18, the press release said. During the surgery, a wrong vein was allegedly severed and her kidney was damaged, following which she died later that nigh...