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{{short description|Indian doctor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Hemlata Gupta
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| birth_date = 25 June 1943
| birth_place = Delhi
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|2006|05|13}}
| death_place = Karol Bagh
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| othername =
| occupation = Physician<br>Medical academic
| yearsactive =
| known for = Medical academics
| domesticpartner =
| children =
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| website =
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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]
}}
'''Hemlata Gupta''' (25 June 1943 – 13 May 2006)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chattopadhyay, Anjana, 1950-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1045373879|title=Women scientists in India : lives, struggles & achievements|year=2018|isbn=978-81-237-8144-0|edition=First|location=New Delhi|oclc=1045373879}}</ref> was an Indian medical doctor and the director and head of the department of medicine at [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]].<ref name="Property link to 2006 murder?">{{cite web |first=Dwaipayan |last=Ghosh |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Property-link-to-2006-murder/articleshow/15922245.cms | title=Property link to 2006 murder? | publisher=Times of India | work=29 August 2012 | access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> Gupta studied medicine at [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]] ([[Delhi University]]) where she later became a director.<ref name="About the College">{{cite web | url=http://www.icscareersonline.com/campus-profiles-major-institutes-in-india/medicine-and-health/lady-hardinge-medical-college-university-of-delhi-delhi.html | title=Lady Hardinge Medical College - About the College | publisher=ICS Careers | date=2016 | access-date=23 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406183353/http://www.icscareersonline.com/campus-profiles-major-institutes-in-india/medicine-and-health/lady-hardinge-medical-college-university-of-delhi-delhi.html | archive-date=6 April 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1998 the Government of India awarded Gupta the third highest civilian honour, the [[Padma Bhushan]], for her contributions to medical science.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> She was unmarried and lived in New Delhi when she was found murdered on 13 May 2006 at her residence in [[Karol Bagh]].<ref name="Doctor killed in home near police station">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Doctor-killed-in-home-near-police-station/articleshow/1528655.cms | title=Doctor killed in home near police station | publisher=Times of India | date=14 May 2006 | access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Padambhushan lady doctor found murdered ">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060514/delhi.htm#3 | title=Padambhushan lady doctor found murdered | work=The Tribune | date=14 May 2006 | access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> After years of investigation, the case, which attracted media attention, remains unsolved.<ref name="Tricksters try to grab dead Padma awardee's property">{{cite web | first=Karn Pratap |last=Singh |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/tricksters-try-to-grab-dead-padma-awardee-s-property/story-i8XWFBWizmDjX3LLRSRszJ.html | title=Tricksters try to grab dead Padma awardee's property | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=21 August 2012 | access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Land grabbers claim dead doc's house as their own">{{cite web | first=Sumit Kumar |last=Singh |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/273071/land-grabbers-claim-dead-docs.html | title=Land grabbers claim dead doc's house as their own | publisher=Deccan Herald | date=20 August 2012 | access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref>

== Medical contributions ==
Gupta and colleagues published a study in an Indian medical journal about a rare case tuberculosis in the thyroid.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kumar Talwar|first1=Vipin|last2=Gupta|first2=Hemlata|last3=Kumar|first3=Arvind|date=2003|title=Isolated Tuberculosis Thyroiditis|url=http://medind.nic.in/jac/t03/i3/jact03i3p238.pdf|journal=Journal, Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine|volume=4|issue=3|pages=238–239}}</ref> The article discusses the presentation of the patient, various tests used in diagnosis, a historical discussion of the case, and treatment methods.

== Padma Bhushan ==
The Padma awards are given out in India every year on [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]], usually in quantities less than 120.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://padmaawards.gov.in/AboutAwards.aspx|title=About Padma Awards|website=padmaawards.gov.in|access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref> There are 3 classes of Padma awards, distinguishing the quality of service from distinguished to high order to exceptional. The [[Padma Bhushan]] is in the second category, recognizing public achievements of a high order in one's specified field. Awards are given in a variety of disciplines including art, civil service, sports, and literature. The public is able to make nominations and the Padma Awards Committee, Prime Minister, and President collaborate to make the final decision. The Awards Committee looks for life long achievement, public service, and excellence in their nominees. Hem Lata Gupta earned this prestigious award in 1998 in the medical category, receiving a certificate with the President's signature and a medallion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Award=Padma%20Bhushan&Field=Medicine&Year=1998-1998&Place=Delhi|title=Padma Awards {{!}} Interactive Dashboard|website=www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref>

== Murder ==
Police found Gupta dead in her Prasad Nagar apartment with her hands tied by rope, her mouth, nose, and eyes covered with surgical tape, and her throat cut.<ref name="Property link to 2006 murder?" /><ref name="Doctor killed in home near police station" /> Neighbors reported seeing Gupta enter her apartment around 10:30 on the morning of her murder and seeing 2 male visitors present around the same time. Police arrived on the scene about an hour later, when neighbors seeking medical advice found her room unresponsive after extensive waiting.<ref name="Padambhushan lady doctor found murdered" /> Possible links to her murder revolve around her name oddly appearing in a newspaper marriage advertisement and her apartment in [[Vasant Kunj]]. Police found Gupta's apartment to be under ownership of individuals with forged documentation.<ref name="Tricksters try to grab dead Padma awardee's property" /> This case doesn't appear to be associated with robbery, as her jewelry collection and most of her possessions remained untouched, and remains unsolved by police.<ref name="Doctor killed in home near police station" />

== Investigation ==
Gupta was unmarried and lived alone in the flat following the death of her sister and father. Jewellery and cash worth Rs. 60,000 was found intact in her room which suggests that it was not a regular case of robbery. A cupboard and a few boxes were open but there was no ransacking and it seemed that the assailant was known to her said deputy commissioner of police (central) Neeraj Thakur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Doctor-killed-in-home-near-police-station/articleshow/1528655.cms|title=Doctor killed in home near police station {{!}} Delhi News - Times of India|last1=May 14|first1=TNN {{!}} Updated|last2=2006|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-08|last3=Ist|first3=0:33}}</ref> Police are also trying to figure out whether she was tricked by a relative after the death of her father and sister. Gupta did not make any will.

Police now say the narco test and questioning of a TV mechanic, a servant of another doctor and a marriage bureau executive to determine her killer were “highly misleading” . “The narco test indicated towards the role of the TV mechanic. Yet, independent witnesses said he had visited their houses in the trans-Yamuna region to repair TV sets during the time of the murder,” the source added. Investigators are having a relook into this unsolved case after some people entered Gupta’s Vasant Kunj flat on August 14 and claimed that Gupta had sold it to them. The flat had been locked since it was bought on January 28, 1991.
After the RWA informed police, they came across two people both of whom claim to own the flat. One of them, Kaushalya Rani of Moti Nagar, said she had bought the property from Gupta and showed the power of attorney and a cash receipt. Another person, Ramnik Agarwal of Jalandhar, also claimed the same and said he had come with five others to get the flat cleaned and found Kaushalya. All documents were forged, police said, “We are yet to arrest anyone. But we are questioning all of them as it seems they are planted by others. We are grateful to the local RWA for informing us,” said an officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Property-link-to-2006-murder/articleshow/15922245.cms|title=Property link to 2006 murder? {{!}} Delhi News - Times of India|last1=Aug 29|first1=Dwaipayan Ghosh {{!}} TNN {{!}} Updated|last2=2012|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-08|last3=Ist|first3=7:24}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.nerve.in/news:2535001213 | title=Lady doctor found dead in Delhi | publisher=Nerve.in | work=News report | date=13 May 2006 | access-date=23 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406184819/http://www.nerve.in/news:2535001213 | archive-date=6 April 2017 | url-status=dead }}

{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1990–99}}

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