Ranchi, May 26 -- A junior secretariat assistant of the Jharkhand Assembly Secretariat died during treatment on Tuesday, two days after undergoing gallbladder surgery at a private hospital in Ranchi, with family members alleging medical negligence and demanding an investigation.

The deceased, Anjana Tiwari, was admitted to the private hospital on May 24 for gallbladder surgery. According to family members, her medical tests were normal before the procedure and she had walked into the hospital on her own.

Her relatives alleged that her condition deteriorated after the surgery and that she required multiple units of blood and plasma transfusion. They claimed she was later shifted to Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital on the night of May 24, where she...