Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court recently directed the district magistrate, Ghaziabad to file his personal affidavit in a PIL alleging black-marketing of oxygen in the district, resulting in alleged deaths of several Covid-19 patients during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The court also asked the DM to file the report of the inquiry instituted by him in this regard following a complaint filed by the petitioner Nand Kishor, a sitting MLA from Loni assembly constituency of Ghaziabad, alleging involvement of Shailendra Kumar Singh, ADM (City), Ghaziabad and some other persons in black-marketing of oxygen. Hearing the PIL filed by the BJP MLA, a division bench comprising Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Sadhna Rani (Thakur) directed to post this matter on June 7, 2021 for the next hearing.