Finally, Soni has been admitted in AIIMS -with two women cops and one male cop on duty at her room.
Her lawyer, Colin went to see her. He says she seems weak and anemic, and is complaining of burning and pain in her stomach, burning and blisters in her genital area, and complained that the Hospital in Raipur didn’t treat her properly as per the recommendations of the NRS Hospital Kolkata.
We hope that AIIMS will examine and diagnose her with due diligence and treat her accordingly.
It is long overdue for Soni to get good medical care. Next step justice. Besides that, things that have happened are:
- Dr T N Seema, CPI (M), Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) raised the question in Parliament on what basis the admission was rejected at AIIMS, in whose custody Soni has been, why there has been no enquiry into her allegations and instead a gallantry award given to the SP Ankit Garg, etc today. Tribal Affairs Minister Kishore Chandra Deo has said he will look into the matter. So its a good piece of action.
- It is also clear that she was kept in police custody last night – THOUGH she should have been kept in judicial custody
- A letter was sent to the Home Minister seeking an explanation, and demanding that she be brought immediately to the hospital and admitted, as per the SC orders.
- Delegations have met the NCW and NHRC seeking that they at least take her statement – since they have done nothing else so far. But they are hiding behind the excuse that the matter is sub-judice. NHRC said they will discuss and decide whether they can do so. NCW has said they will see what interventions are now possible within their remit. We will follow both up.
Meanwhile, see The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article3403013.ece
Also, the PTI news piece (warning: it calls her a naxal sympathiser!): http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/aiims-refusal-to-admit-naxal-sympathiser-to-be-probed-govt/6790/
– from concerned citizens
IADHRI 