‘JAIL DELAYING TREATMENT TO ELGAR PARISHAD CASE ACCUSED’
MUMBAI: Sagar Gorkhe, one of the accused in the Elgar Parishad-bhima Koregaon violence case, has written to state home minister Dilip Walse-patil alleging that Taloja jail authorities are discriminating against several accused in the case and deliberately delaying medical treatment to them even though they are suffering from several serious ailments.
In the letter dated May 20, Gorkhe said that he is suffering from backache, severe joint pain and skin allergy.
“Despite the court ordering them to be taken to the outpatient department (of government hospitals), jail officials and the medical officer are acting as per their whims and fancies,” he said.
“My co-accused Gautam Navlakha, Ramesh Gaichor, Sudhir Dhawle, Mahesh Raut, Surendra Gadling, Anand Teltumbde and Hany Babu are all suffering from various illnesses, but deliberate attempts are being made to delay their medical treatment,” Gorkhe wrote.
Gorkhe has, therefore, requested the home minister to take appropriate action against the concerned jail officials and provide timely medical facilities to those arrested in the Elgar Parishad case.
Sagar Gorkhe also highlighted that the jail administration has created artificial water scarcity in the jail and inmates are provided only one bucket — around 15 litres — of water every day, though the jail manual provides for 135 litres of water every day.
“Officers have created water scarcity in the prison and indulging in the inhuman practice of selling extra water,” his letter stated. Because of the water shortage, barracks in Taloja jail have become filthy and several inmates, including me, have developed skin-related ailments, he added.
The Elgar Parishad case accused also urged the Home Minister to allow the telephone facility for all the prison inmates, irrespective of the charge faced by them.