JAMSHEDPUR, July 21 -- An FIR has been registered against the 108 ambulance service-cum-cluster leader, driver and technician at the Patamda police station (PS) regarding the death of a 65-year-old patient in a 108 ambulance lacking an oxygen cylinder while being taken to Patamda community health centre, people aware of the development said on Tuesday.

It has now come to light that only two of the 14 functional ambulances in East Singhbhum district have oxygen cylinders available on board.

"An FIR has been registered against the 108 ambulance service cluster leader Alok Kumar, driver Nilesh Kumar and technician Sujit Kumar under section 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) for death due to negligence. The FIR was registered based ...