Kolkata: Suspended Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh attempted suicide inside his prison cell, Friday, days after he had warned that he will end his life if the CBI did not take proper action against ‘those involved’ in the Saradha scam.
Ghosh is lodged in the Presidency Jail. He had threatened to commit suicide when he was produced in court three days ago. He is behind bars since November 2013. While news reports claimed that Ghosh had consumed an overdose of sleeping pills, early morning, after which he fell ill and was rushed to the SSKM hospital.
Ghosh has been admitted to the Critical Care Unit of SSKM Hospital. While his condition is said to be stable, more details on the matter are awaited. Reports added that Ghosh told doctors that he had consumed over 50 sleeping pills.
Ghosh’s suicide attempt raises uncomfortable questions on the security arrangements inside the jail. How he got hold of a large quantity of sleeping pills would an area of probe even as reports suggested that Ghosh may have collected them over a period of time.
Earlier, Ghosh had said in an open court: “Investigation is being influenced. It is not acceptable that I will rot in jail while those involved will roam freely. I am giving three days’ time; if action is not taken I will commit suicide.
Kolkata Police Commissioner stood by him (Sen) and certified him to be a good man. Why is action not being taken against him? Is it because he is an IPS officer? I have been framed as I took money in cheques but nothing happened to those who took in cash,” he claimed. “You see to it that they don’t go scot free,” he submitted.
Ghosh has been named by the CBI in its first chargesheet in the multi-crore scam along with Saradha chief Sen and close aide Debjani Mukherjee.
Bureau Report
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