www.expressindia.com - Weather | Horoscope | Stocks | RSS
expressindia web city
HomeBlogsCricketAstrologyShoppingTendersClassifieds OpinionsTravel Jobs Hotels
| Make this your homepage | Archive
Expressindia » Story

Juvenile undertrial dies of Hepatitis B

Font Size

ARSHAD AFZAL KHAN

Posted: Sep 16, 2008 at 0159 hrs IST

Faizabad, September 15 A young prisoner lodged in Faizabad Juvenile Jail, who was suffering from Hepatitis B, died late on Sunday night at Lucknow’s CSMMU hospital.

Waseem (14), a co-accused in a theft case, was brought to the Faizabad Juvenile jail six months earlier. A few weeks ago, he contracted Hepatitis B.

The family has alleged that the boy was mistreated in jail and the officials had not provided proper treatment during his illness.

District Probation Officer Mukul Maitrey confirmed that the cause of death was Hepatitis B, and said the body will be handed over to the family members after the postmortem.

The Additional Superintendent of Faizabad Juvenile jail, A P Dubey said the police arrested Waseem and he was sent to jail on April 8.

He had fever from September 1 and was being treated at Shri Ram Hospital in Ayodhya. On September 11, he was admitted to the Faizabad district hospital and moved to Lucknow’ CSMMU on September 12, where he died late on Sunday night.

His mother, Roshan Jahan, told The Indian Express that a week ago, her son had complained to her about being ill-treated by the jail administration officials.

“My son was ill for a long time. When I met him a week ago he was not able to talk properly and when I complained to the jail authorities, they only banned me from meeting him,” she said.

According to Nirupam Mishra, member of Juvenile Court board, over two dozen juvenile prisoners lodged in the jail are suspected to be suffering from Hepatitis B, to which the jail authorities are turning a blind eye.

Dubey, however, denied the allegations.

Ads by Google
Discuss this story on expressindia forums
Post Comments
Name* Email ID*
Subject* Country*
Message*
Characters remaining
 
TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s).
I agree to the terms of use.

Latest News

Business

Showbiz

Sports

Petrol prices slashed by Rs 5, diesel by Rs 2

Chavan new Maha CM; Rane revolts, 'I don't trust Sonia'

Avoid cow slaughter on Eid, suggests Dar-ul-Uloom

I apologise to the people of Mumbai: Chidambaram

India, Russia sign accord for 4 nuke reactors

Jayalalithaa joins hands with CPM for Lok Sabha polls

Marathi signboards issue: 'Is this a murder trial?'

More
© 2008 Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd. All rights reserved
The Indian Express Group | Advertise With Us | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Work With Us | Site Map