Ghosh out of danger, probe ordered in attempted suicide
15 Nov 2014 6:30 AM IST
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee ordered suspension of superintendent of presidency correctional home, jail doctor and a staff on duty in connection with alleged suicide attempt by Kunal Ghosh.
The state government also constituted a committee to probe the incident. Making a statement to this effect in the state assembly, Mamata Banerjee said home secretary Basudeb Banerjee would head the committee which would probe the incident.
The superintendent, jail doctor and on duty staff would remain suspended pending completion of the inquiry, she said. Ghosh, who had threatened to end his life if the CBI failed to take action against those involved in the scam, has been admitted to state-run SSKM hospital after he claimed to have taken 58 sleeping pills in a ‘suicide letter’.
Correctional home services minister HA Safwi said Ghosh had claimed to have consumed sleeping pills and was admitted to state-run SSKM Hospital, where doctors kept him under observation. SSKM director Pradip Mitra said that Ghosh was out of danger. A top jail official said an extra watch was kept on Ghosh for the past two days after he had threatened to commit suicide. ‘Before he went to sleep we searched him. But no sedative or sleeping pill was found in his possession,’ the official said.
The state government also constituted a committee to probe the incident. Making a statement to this effect in the state assembly, Mamata Banerjee said home secretary Basudeb Banerjee would head the committee which would probe the incident.
The superintendent, jail doctor and on duty staff would remain suspended pending completion of the inquiry, she said. Ghosh, who had threatened to end his life if the CBI failed to take action against those involved in the scam, has been admitted to state-run SSKM hospital after he claimed to have taken 58 sleeping pills in a ‘suicide letter’.
Correctional home services minister HA Safwi said Ghosh had claimed to have consumed sleeping pills and was admitted to state-run SSKM Hospital, where doctors kept him under observation. SSKM director Pradip Mitra said that Ghosh was out of danger. A top jail official said an extra watch was kept on Ghosh for the past two days after he had threatened to commit suicide. ‘Before he went to sleep we searched him. But no sedative or sleeping pill was found in his possession,’ the official said.
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