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Partho lawyer charge against hospital

The solicitor of the De family of 3 Robinson Street has alleged that the authorities of Calcutta Pavlov Hospital had prevented him from meeting Partho De despite a court order allowing him to do so.

Monalisa Chaudhuri Published 28.07.15, 12:00 AM
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The solicitor of the De family of 3 Robinson Street has alleged that the authorities of Calcutta Pavlov Hospital had prevented him from meeting Partho De despite a court order allowing him to do so.

The hospital authorities prevented Subir Majumdar from meeting De on Monday on the ground that superintendent Ganesh Prasad was not in office.

The lawyer had turned up at the hospital for the mentally ill, where Partho is being treated since June 11, with an order from the chief metropolitan magistrate.

Prasad, when contacted by Metro, said: "I was not in office today as I was unwell. No one else in the hospital can allow anybody to meet Partho De."

Majumdar said: "After getting the court order, I had called up the hospital superintendent on Thursday. He said he was not in office. When I asked him whether I could meet Partho the next day, he told me to visit the hospital on Monday. I called up today (Monday) but he said he was sick."

The court order issued on July 20 reads: "He (the superintendent of Calcutta Pavlov Hospital) is directed to permit the petitioner, Subir Majumdar, to visit Partho De after complying with all formalities."

The police said since the order did not mention that the superintendent had to be physically present, Prasad could have instructed his staff over the phone to allow the lawyer to meet his client.

Hospital officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they were under the instruction to allow visitors to meet Partho only in the presence of the superintendent.

"This is a high-profile case. No one can meet him (Partho) when the hospital superintendent is away," a senior hospital official said.

Asked if he has seen the court order, Prasad said: "I have heard the court order mentions me. But I am yet to see the order."

Majumdar said that on being denied access last week, he had sent a letter to Prasad with a copy of the order attached to it.

Prasad denied the claim. "I was in office last week. I did not get any court order."

Majumdar had move the court a couple of weeks ago after the hospital refused to allow him to meet Partho.

The 46-year-old was taken to the Pavlov hospital the day a skeleton, believed to be his sister Debjani's, and the bones of two pet dogs were found in his room at the Robinson Street house. The night before the charred body of the siblings' father, Arabindo De, was found in a bathtub in the house.

Arabindo had visited Majumdar two days before his death. The solicitor said Arabindo had expressed concern over the future of his children and agreed to leave his property worth crores of rupees to a trust.

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