LUCKNOW, June 3 -- The King George's Medical University (KGMU) administration on Tuesday removed the head of its urology department, suspended a pharmacist and terminated three outsourced employees after an inquiry confirmed serious irregularities in the purchase of medicines under the Asadhya Yojana.

The university has also initiated the process of recovering the allegedly misappropriated funds from the outsourcing agency concerned and lodged a police complaint seeking criminal proceedings against the accused employees.

KGMU spokesperson Dr KK Singh said urology department head Dr Apul Goel was removed from his administrative position on grounds of negligence in monitoring the scheme and overseeing departmental functioning. He has been...