AMRI director brought to court on a stretcher, sent to SSKM

Kolkata: Ailing AMRI director R S Agarwal was brought to court in an ambulance on Monday. With an oxygen mask strapped on and IV lines attached, he lay on a stretcher inside the ambulance outside Alipore court, prompting chief judicial magistrate Choudhury Hefazat Karim to walk out of the complex to check on him.

Seeing his condition, the magistrate sent the 66-year-old Agarwal to SSKM Hospital, where he was allotted a bed in the general ward. The prosecution had wanted police remand.

Agarwal, a co-founder of the Emami Group, has been suffering from unstable angina - a condition in which the heart doesn't get enough blood supply, leading to chest pain. He was admitted to BM Birla Heart Research Centre when placed under arrest on December 9 for the AMRI fire that killed 91 people.

On December 10, a magistrate remanded the other arrested AMRI directors in police custody and directed police to produce Agarwal when he is fit. At 3.30pm on Monday, Agarwal was brought out of the private hospital and produced before the magistrate though he complained of discomfort.

"Since the investigating agency has prayed for police custody, I thought it wise to see the accused by going outside the courtroom, where he was lying in an ambulance. I saw that the accused had an oxygen mask and his right hand was trembling. There was a crepe bandage on his left leg. He was not even in a position to speak. After observing his physical condition, I think it would not be proper to place him in police custody. Rather , he should be sent to SSKM Hospital for examination by medical experts," the magistrate said, adding that a medical board should be constituted, if necessary, to give a medical and clinical opinion about his health condition , and "how far his life is in danger" . The board is to submit a report to the court by Tuesday or Wednesday.

The magistrate directed that all care should be taken to protect Agarwal's life. "Let the accused be sent to SSKM under proper escort and the state will take all necessary measures to protect his life. After considering the report, the bail petition as well as prayer for police custody will be considered ," he said.

This is all faked.
The B M Birla doctors must be hand-in-glove with R S Agarwal as they are just as casual in treating their patients as AMRI and they know that they may be next on the list.
Anyone can be put under an oxygen mask and he can shake his hands to show they are trembling. By making sufficient noise, he can also show great pain. Our film and TV actors show it in sufficient quantities daily.
Let the courts not be fooled.
It is good that he has been sent to a general ward of SSKM. Let him know how ordinary people are treated in government hospitals. The courts should monitor so that the SSKM doctors are not influenced by R S Agarwal's wealth.