MEERUT, May 11 -- Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak on Sunday warned of action against those responsible while referring to a widely circulated video purportedly showing an elderly man carrying his ailing wife from the Bareilly district hospital in a handcart. A probe into the matter has begun following Pathak's direction. "The strictest possible punitive action will be taken against the guilty," said the deputy CM, who also holds the health portfolio. Meanwhile, district magistrate Avinash Singh said a three-member committee will be formed to investigate the matter and a report will be submitted within three days. Dr RC Dixit, additional superintendent in-charge of the Bareilly district hospital, said the elderly man's wife had been undergoing treatment for the past three days. According to him, the patient developed breathing difficulties on Friday after which doctors referred her to a higher medical centre on Saturday. "The man began taking his wife away from the hospital without informing hospital staff," he said without sharing any discharge or referral slip substantiating his claim. In the video, the elderly man alleged that his wife was not admitted. htc...