New Delhi: Under the Opposition`s blistering attack over the deaths of scores of children in a state-run Gorakhpur hospital, Chief Minister Yogi Aditya Nath has warned of ‘stringent’ action against those found responsible for the tragedy. 

At least 30 children were reported dead between August 10 and 11 at BRD Medical College allegedly due to disruption in the supply of liquid oxygen.

The opposition has been demanding the registration of murder case against those found responsible for the "massacre".

Chief Minister Yogi said a high-powered committee had been formed to investigate the reasons for the death of the children and demanded that the issue should not be politicised.

"We have formed a high-powered committee under the state chief secretary to probe the reason of the deaths of children. We are waiting for the report. If any death is caused by the negligence of the hospital authorities, strong action will be taken," Yogi said. The punishment will "set a standard", he said.

The chief minister, however, criticised the media over putting out "fake" news about the deaths and insisted they go inside the wards and see for themselves whether the patients were being treated or "massacred". Yogi said he had visited the hospital on August 9 and had a meeting with senior officials and the issue of lack of oxygen supply was not brought to his notice.

Yogi said he has been fighting against Japanese Encephalitis for more than two decades. "I have witnessed children of east UP dying. We will not allow this to happen anymore...Who can be more sensitive to this issue (than me)? I have been raising it from the streets to Parliament...No one can understand the pain and agony more than me," he said.