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Arrested student chained to hospital bed, CPI-M to move rights panel
Tuesday April 16, 2013 09:24:19 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: Deploring
the chaining of an arrested student activist to his hospital bed
in West Bengal, the CPI-M Tuesday threatened to move the state
Human Rights Commission against the "inhuman behaviour of police".
"This is inhuman and barbaric and reflects the attitude of the
government, which is determined to crush the voice of the
opposition at any cost. We will move the Human Rights Commission
against this barbarism of police," CPI-M leader Asok Bhattacharya
said.
Santosh Sahani, a first year student, was arrested earlier this
month for participating in a students' rally that turned violent.
Sahani, a leader of the CPI-M affiliated Students Federation of
India, was Monday admitted to the North Bengal Medical College and
Hospital in Siliguri in Darjeelisng district, after he complained
of illness.
As the activist was remanded to judicial custody by a court,
police chained his leg to the hospital bed using a handcuff.
CPI-M state secretary Biman Bose condemned the incident and
accused police of pressurising Sahani to get back to jail.
"This is inhuman and barbaric. He is not a dreaded criminal that
police had to chain him. This is yet another glaring example of
this government's relentless attack on democracy," said Bose.
Siliguri Police Commissioner Anand Kumar blamed the jail
authorities.
"Sahani is under judicial custody and police have nothing to do
with this. He is under the custody of jail authorities and they
are the ones to answer why he was chained," said Kumar.
Kumar conceded that such an extreme step was used only in cases of
hardened criminals who might abscond.
Following continuous broadcasting of videos by the media showing a
chained Sahani and the growing criticism, police later removed the
handcuff.
Meanwhile, human rights organisation Association for Protection of
Democratic Rights (APDR) will not only move a complaint against
the police to the Human Rights Commission but will also complain
against the hospital authorities before the Medical Council of
India (MCI).
"How can hospital authorities allow police too chain him? This is
not only inhuman and barbaric, but is unethical and goes against
the principles of the medical profession. We will complain about
this to the MCI," APDR secretariat member Ranjit Sur said.
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