Tripura Police Slammed for 'Interfering' with Treatment of Hospitalized MLA Badal Choudhury

Agartala, October 29, 2019:

Former Tripura PWD Minister Badal Chowdhury is still admitted to the hospital, reports said. Earlier, Badal Chowdhury was admitted in ILS hospital he has been confined to his cabin by Tripura police, drawing condemnation from the MLA's family.

The MLA's wife Namita Gope and his daughter Shreya Chowdhury bitterly objected to the presence of police personnel in the cabin where Badal Chowdhury is admitted.

Condemning the confinement, Shreya Chowdhury said that Badal Chowdhury has been admitted to hospital as he has lost his memory and he does not speak as frequently as he used to.

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But due to continuous presence of the police personnel, neither she nor her mother can talk to him freely in the cabin, nor anyone else is allowed to meet him.

The state secretary of CPI(M) Gautam Das said that they are unable to do anything for better treatment of Badal Chowdhury because of the ruthless attitude of the state government, along with police interference. He said that if anything happens to him, the government will be responsible. He also added that they would be waiting for the verdict of the court on October 30.

Senior CPI (M) leader and former MP and minister Jiten Chowdhury also spoke on this matter and demanded government action to shift Badal Chowdhruy outside the state for treatment.

Such interference by the police and government has also been condemned and described as “illegal and inhuman” by Badal Chowdhury’s lawyer Bhaskar Debbarma. He said that they would bring everything to the notice of the high court on October 30.

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