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BJP MLA SLAMS LINGAA TRINAMUL IN CINEMAS P14 ‘BARBARISM’ KOLKATA, WEDNESDAY 31 DECEMBER 2014 PAGE 14 www.thestatesman.net THUMBNAILS STARVING STATE SPENDS LAKHS ON UTPS 72 PER CENT OF INMATES OF STATES CORRECTIONAL HOMES ARE UNTER TRIAL PRISONERS
GURVINDER SINGH the total 21,000-odd inmates could not be released because already filled beyond pletion of their term is also ties, who expect to get [email protected] in 58 jails across the state, FIGURES of the delay in completion capacity but is also an extra a serious headache for the adversely judgment drags Kolkata, 30 December 15,000 approximately are of legal formalities required burden to the state trea- government. the cases on for years. n Total number of undertrials. before sending them back. sury.” An estimate suggests of In Calcutta High Court, The funds-starved state gov- The government allo- prisoners~20973 The minister for correc- The minister further the total 5,226 convicts in the current strength of n ernment that has failed to cates Rs 52 each day for the Sanctioned tional administration, Mr pointed out that several state jails, 450 are judges is 42 as against the launch new projects due to food expense on each pris- strength~20916 Haider Aziz Safwi, attributes UTP's become depressed Bangladeshis. sanctioned capacity of 59. “ lack of money is spending oner.This roughly translates n Undertrials~14999 the delay to the tiring judi- and develop suicidal ten- “The legal hassles and the “Though the fast track lakhs of rupees on the food to around Rs 38 crores a year n Convicts~5266 cial process, coupled with the dencies, while some who delay on the part of the courts have been set up, the An illuminated Kolkata street and medical expenses of for all the prisoners. Of the n Bangladeshis~450 absence of people to furnish are charged with petty Bangladesh government to shifting of judges along ahead of New Year on under trial prisoners (UTP's) total amount, Rs 27 crores n the bail bonds of UTPs lan- crimes graduate into hard- verify their antecedents with holidays and delay tac- Tuesday. nBiswajit Ghoshal Food bills of UTP’s-27 cr languishing in different is spent on undertrials alone. All figures as of 1 guishing in jails. ened criminals due to their often results in the inmates tics by the litigants often jails. This is due to the slug- The amount, moreover, December 2014 “The complicated legal mingling with hard-core having to overstay in jails,” delays judgment resulting Coaches augment- gish trial process stretching excludes the medical expens- process delays the release of miscreants. said a senior jail official. in the cases piling up in the ed: With a view to for years. es and the funds spend on the prisoners, forcing them The Bangladeshi nation- Legal experts rue that the courts for years,” said clear extra rush of Nearly 72 per cent of the the prisoners’daily require- scores of Bangladeshi to spend time behind bars. als languishing in differ- shortage of judges coupled Prasanna Kumar Dutta, passengers during the prisoners lodged in the state ments. nationals who have already Their overstay is not only ent ja ils, mainly in North with the delay tactics of member of West Bengal bar winter holidays, South jails are under trials. Of Among the prisoners are completed their term but a problem for the jails Bengal, despite the com- one or the other of the par- council. Eastern Railway has augmented two extra general chair car coach- es (GSCZ) with 12821 NRI doc highlights cases of Howrah-Puri Dhauli Express during the period from 31 Decem- medical negligence in state ber to 31 January,2015 and 12822 Puri-Howrah Dhauli Express during STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE shielding the accused of Paswan. the period from 1 Jan- Kolkata, 30 December Korpan Shah's death, Dr The father of Suhana uary,2015 to 1 Febru- Shah said that people like Yasmin, a 12-year-old girl ary,2015. Glaring evidence of every- him and Ketan Desai are who died due to alleged day gross medical negli- ruining the medical system medical negligence, said Train services dis- gence given by Dr Kunal backed by negligent doc- that he has been fighting for rupted: Train ser- Saha, an NRI doctor who lost tors. justice and further alleged vices were disrupted his wife, Anuradha Saha, 15 General (Retd.) Shankar that Dr Pradip Mitra, direc- on the south section of years ago due to medical neg- Roychowdhury suggested tor of SSKM hospital, had Sealdah Division of ligence, and many other that the All India medical said that although he has Eastern Railway on victims today depicts the council and state medical been trying to get him jus- Tuesday as the sup- increasingly deteriorating councils should have 50 per tice, he is being pressurised porters of a political quality of the state health cent of their members from by ministers to bury the party squatted on the sector. non-medical background so case. Railway track on dif- Attacking the chief min- as to facilitate fair and Dr Mitra, however,denied ferent stations, includ- ister, Dr Saha said, “Ms speedy judgments. being pressurised by min- ing Dakshin Barasat, Mamata Banerjee is not Several victims came up isters and informed that Canning, Joynagar only the state minister but with their harrowing expe- the case of Yasmin is being Majilpur, Diamond also health minister. The rience of suffering inflict- reviewed and pursued crit- Harbour and Baruipur, health sector under her ed on them by hospitals like ically. for one hour from 10 leadership has further dete- Ruby General Hospital, Chit- Dr Kunal Saha under- a.m. riorated.” taranjan National Cancer lined the fact that although Highlighting the inci- Institute, SSKM hospital many a doctor would speak Blockade: Cadres of dent of Korpan Shah, he said and so on. of medical negligence and Suci on Tuesday blocked “While taking over the One of the victims whose even agree on a case of med- rail services for an charge, Ms Banerjee said relative died, as claimed by ical negligence yet hardly hour demanding more thatthe state health sector him, due to medical negli- anyone would give the same facilities for the train would improve, however, gence at Ruby General Hos- in writing in the fear of fac- OLD IS GOLD passengers at stations three years down the line pital, sarcastically high- ing backlash from the med- under Sealdah south medical students beat a man lighted that the same ical fraternity. section. The blockade to death over an allegation hospital has been awarded He urged the common continued from 10 am of theft.” as the best multi- speciali- people to come forward as SNS to 11 am. Accusing Nirmal Majhi, ty hospital by the union “nobody is immune to wrong New Years greeting cards on sale in Kolkata on Tuesday. nDilip Dutta Trinamul Congress MLA, of minister Mr Ram Vilas treatment here”. SUDIPTO SEN Tight security for New Year’s RBU to set up new campus at Rajarhat HOSPITALISED STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE Eve; drone may be deployed Kolkata, 30 December STATE’S SUPPORT Kolkata, 30 December: Sarad- ha Group chief Sudipto Sen STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE an additional 2,500 policemen avert any untoward inci- Rabindra Bharati Univer- n The state government has already agreed to was admitted to hospital in Kolkata, 30 December will be posted to maintain dent. Two Quick Response sity is to set up a new cam- provide 10 acre land in Rajarhat for setting up Alipore Correctional Home law and order in other parts teams will also be posted. pus in Rajarhat as plans a new campus of the university. as he was suffering from Security in the city will be of the city.Women police offi- Policemen will be posted at are underway to create a n CM has directed the authorities to complete fever. Rajat Majumder,who tightened to avoid any unto- cers will also be deployed to Park Street in two shifts.The museum at the residence of was also arrested in con- ward incident on the eve of stop harassment of women. first shift will start in the Rabindranath Tagore at the project by the end of next year. nection with the Saradha New Year tomorrow. Officers of the detective evening and end at 2 a.m. Jorasanko. n St Xavier’s College and Presidency University scam and at present is in Ali- A senior police officer department will also patrol while another set of police- The whole of the Nobel already have campuses at Rajarhat. pore Correctional Home, said Park Street area has in plain clothes and offi- men, who will join duty at laureate poet’s residence also fell ill and has been taken been divided into five zones cers, led by a senior officer, midnight will continue till would be needed for the has already agreed to end of next year. Following granting of to the hospital in the cor- and policemen led by a will be posted at all the 6 a.m. There will be securi- purpose of setting up the provide a 10-acre plot of A campus of Saint land to Rabindra Bharati rectional home. deputy commissioner will important crossings near ty checks at 97 important museum; hence it has land in Rajarhat for set- Xavier’s College and anoth- University, many more uni- This morning Sen com- be posted in each of the Park Street. Police assis- intersections in the city. become necessary to shift the ting up a new campus of the er of Presidency Universi- versities have become hope- plaint of suffering from zones. Apart from the exist- tance booths will be set up Policemen on motorbikes campus. university. ty have already been set up ful regarding extension of fever. He also had trouble ing four, six more watch at Park Street. Three addi- will also patrol in the city. The university current- The state government at Rajarhat. their campuses in Rajarhat breathing and pain in the towers have been erected at tional High Radio Flying An Unmanned Aerial ly conducts many of its especially chief minister With increased space, area. heart. He was immediately different parts of Park Street Squads and 16 Radio Flying Vehicle may also be used to classes at the poet's resi- Mamata Banerjee has the university can also The university has taken to the hospital in the and Shakespeare Sarani. Squads (RFS) of Kolkata keep a vigil in the Park dence in Jorasanko. directed the authorities to accommodate lot more stu- expressed its gratitude to correctional home. SNS Apart from Park Street, Police will be deployed to Street area and its vicinity. The state government complete the proj ect by the dents. the chief minister.
Police suspect property dispute behind 3 HELD FOR STATE INKS MOU TO SET UP RESEARCH CENTRE murder of 78-yr-old woman on Monday DAMAGING STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE The autopsy report has know that she had a prop- PORTION OF PVT Hand in hand Kolkata, 30 December revealed serious injuries erty in Kaliampong, from on the forehead, indicating which she used to get rent STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE long away in tackling A day after a 78-year-old her head might have been every month. HOSPITAL Kolkata, 30 December MEMORANDUM arsenic contamination in woman was found murdered banged against the wall. The rent was the source our state and ensure sup- n in her flat near Rashbehari “There are also nasal of her livelihood. Kolkata, 30 December: Three The West Bengal govern- The Centre is to come up on a 9.5 acre plot at a ply of quality drinking avenue, police suspect a injuries which might have “We suspect that property persons, named Taufiq, ment today inked a mem- cost of Rs 363-crore funded by the Central gov- water to everyone,” Mr property dispute to be the been inflicted while banging dispute might have been Dheeraj and Vishal Sau, orandum of understand- ernment and the completion deadline in 2016. Mukherjee said. motive behind the crime. her head,” said a police offi- the reason for the crime, but were arrested on charges of ing (MoU) with three n Former finance minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee The minister said that The body of Kamala Devi cial adding that there was it is too early to arrive at any damaging a portion of the expert agencies, includ- had made the announcement in the Union Budget they were also contem- was recovered from her flat only one assailant. conclusion,” said another reception desk of a private ing the Unicef, for tech- of 2012-13 and had allocated Rs 50-crore as the plating setting up a hos- at Jatin Das road last evening He suggested that the official connected with the hospital at Alipore follow- nical support in setting first installment. pital within the Interna- with serious injuries on her murderer tried to knock investigation. The property ing a scuffle between two up the International Cen- tional Centre for Water head. her out by hitting her head row theory is strengthened groups this evening. tre for Water Quality Quality Research at Joka She also had injury marks against the wall before stran- by the fact that nothing was Sources said men backed Research at Joka in crore as the first install- of state PHE minister for people affected by on other parts of her gulating the old woman to missing from the flat except by a close aide of a state min- south-west fringes of ment. Subrata Mukherjee. water-related disease. body. death. Kamala's cell phone. ister allegedly ransacked Kolkata. Principal secretary of The MoU also covers According to figures The woman had been liv- “We have also found dam- Police are also yet to the reception desk of the hos- The Centre is to come the state public health collaborative research available with the state ing alone in the flat after the aged ribs on both sides of her crack mystery behind the the pital as the hospital author- up on a 9.5 acre plot at a and engineering (PHE) for implementation of PHE department, as on 1 death of her husband, a chest. The injury might murder of a 60-year-old ities refused to accept his cost of Rs 363-crore department Mr Saurav sustainable arsenic miti- April 2014, there are businessman, ten years ago. have been inflicted during woman who was found dead demand to reduce the funded by the Central Das signed the MoU gation methods in the around 11,614 water qual- Her body was lying on a strangulation,” added the at her house in Ramnagar expenses of treatment of a government and the com- with representatives of affected localities of Ben- ity affected localities / floor in a prostrate condition. official. Lane in Garden Reach, while patient by Rs 50,000.The inci- pletion deadline in 2016. Stockholm-based KTH gal. areas in Bengal and of The relatives alerted the Besides, there are inter- her 12-year-old daughter dent took place when mem- Former finance minis- Royal Institute of Tech- “This is for the first them, 1,124 are affected police after they opened the nal injuries on her body. was recovered in a critical bers of a rival group of the ter Mr Pranab Mukher- nology,Indian Institute time that a state govern- by arsenic. In Kolkata, door of her house using a The autopsy report has state. The latter is battling close aide of the minister jee had made the of Technology,Kharag- ment department has ground water in some duplicate key. also revealed that the woman for life at SSKM. Here too, also reached the hospital announcement in the pur and the United inked a MoU with inter- localities in Jadavpur They turned up at her flat was murdered on Sunday property dispute is though with a similar proposal of Union Budget of 2012-13 Nations Children's Fund national agencies of and Lake Gardens are after she didn't appear at a evening. to be the reason behind the reducing treatment expens- and had allocated Rs 50- (Unicef), in the presence repute. This will go a affected by arsenic. wedding party. Police have also come to murder. es of another patient. SNS
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