Refusing to believe his son’s death, man travels to Odisha, finds son alive at mortuary
Bhubaneswar: A Kolkata man who refused to believe his son's death in the Odisha train accident travelled more than 200 km in search of him and finally found him alive in the mortuary, reports TOI.
Helaram Malik received the news about the accident within few hours after he dropped his son, Biswajit off at Shalimar station to board the Coromandel Express. Upon hearing the news, Helaram called his son who answered his call in a feeble voice saying he was alive but in terrible pain.
Helaram did not waste a moment and decided to travel 230 km to the crash site at Odisha’s Balasore. he got in touch with a local ambulance driver, Palash Pandit. Accompanied by his brother-in-law Dipak Das, they reached Balasore on Friday night.
However he could not find his son even after searching for him at all the hospitals where train crash victims were being treated. Later on someone's suggestion they went to look for him at Bahanaga high school, where the bodies of the victims were kept.
They were not allowed to watch the bodies at the makeshift morgue, however when the commotion broke because some people saw a victim's right hand shivering. To their surprise the hand belonged to Biswajit who was unconscious and had suffered serious injuries in the crash; he had been presumed dead and kept in the morgue.
He was immediately taken to Balasore hospital in an ambulance where he received treatment.
“Given his condition, they referred him to Cuttack Medical College Hospital, but we signed a bond and got him discharged,” Das told TOI
Biswajit then got admitted to SSKM Hospital in Kolkata for further treatment. His condition was serious but stable.
Experts told TOI that Biswajit’s body entered a state of suspended animation where a person's vitals slow down to a bare minimum. Since the rescue operations were done mainly by non-medical persons, they mistook him for being dead.
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Anyone speaking in favour of Pakistan is wrong, it amounts to treason: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that anyone speaking in favour of Pakistan is wrong and it amounts to treason.
He however said that inquiry is on in connection with alleged "mob lynching" of a man, accused of of shouting 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogan, in Mangaluru.
"If the Pakistan Zindabad slogan was shouted, it is wrong, whoever it is. Inquiry is still going on, a case has been registered, let the report come. It will be clear as to what action should be taken against whom," Siddaramaiah said, responding to a question by reporters on killing of a person in Mangaluru allegedly for shouting 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogan.
"If anyone speaks in favour of Pakistan, it is wrong, it is treason," he added.
Home Minister G Parameshwara said, a person was "lynched" in Mangaluru, and while interogating those behind the incident, they have claimed that the victim shouted 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogan.
"It is being further investigated. Only those arrested said this. Nearly 20 people have been arrested now. Police are also finding out about the person (deceased) and his origins. We have taken the incident seriously. Further investigations are on and there were many people who had gone to play the cricket match. They are all being questioned to gather information. Investigation is very serious," he said.
When asked if the deceased person was from Kerala's Wayanad, Parameshwara said, there is such information and it needs to be verified, by establishing his identity and contacting his parents.
To a question, were there any failure on the part of the police as there are reports that they allegedly tried to project it as suicide initially, he said, "We have no such information. If any such thing is there it will come out from the investigation. If any police failures are identified, appropriate action will be taken,"
The Home Minister assured that the case has been taken seriously and there should be no apprehensions that it is being taken lightly.
However, according to police, the deceased has been identified as Ashraf from Pulpalli village in Sultan Bathery Taluk of Wayanad district in Kerala.
The incident had happened during a local cricket match near the Bhatra Kallurti temple in Kudupu village on the outskirts of Mangaluru, on April 27, police said.
Ashraf was allegedly assaulted with sticks, resulting in multiple injuries that led to internal bleeding and shock, police said adding he was declared dead at the hospital.
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