India, April 16 -- KANPUR A government doctor in UP's Jalaun came under fire after a viral video purportedly showed him telling a boy, brought to him for treatment of cold, to smoke a cigarette. Dr Suresh Chandra, posted at the CHC in Kuthaund, allegedly arranged a Thai cigarette, known for its high clove content and charged the boy's family Rs.100.

Chandra has been transferred to the district headquarters and a probe ordered against him. The investigation has been launched under additional CMO Dr SD Chaudhary, and a detailed report will be submitted to the state government, said chief medical officer Dr Narendra Dev Sharma. Sources added that Chandra had gone on medical leave last week.

The doctor was captured in a video purportedly as...