India, Oct. 22 -- The death of 26-year-old Jyoti Pal at a private hospital in Dehradun has triggered a formal investigation, after her husband alleged that doctors left a bandage inside her abdomen during childbirth.

A four-member committee, headed by Dehradun Chief Medical Officer Manoj Sharma, has been constituted to probe the incident, officials said on Wednesday, news agency PTI reported.

According to the complaint filed by her husband, Prajjwal Pal, Jyoti delivered a son via cesarean section at the Eye and Mother Care Centre in January this year. The husband alleged that doctors left a bandage inside her abdomen during the surgery and stitched her up, a lapse that later contributed to her death.

Everything seemed normal after the ...