The Delhi Court slammed the police on Friday for its miserable investigation in the case of the death of a 23- year old man. The man was detained at the Delhi IGI airport on March 18 last year. He arrived from Australia and died the same day after jumping off the roof of the Safdarjung Hospital.
Justice Rekha Palli also slammed the hospital for leaving the man unchecked in the isolation ward. He was suspected of being Corona positive and no one attended him after putting him into the isolation ward.
Justice Rekha Palli said,” You need to explain what happened, how did he get away? Just because it is a government hospital, you cannot leave people unattended. Why are you taking people in, if you are allowing them to go anywhere they want? There has to be some care or do you leave people to go and jump from the building. Do you have any responsibility? I am not satisfied by your claim that there was no mishap.
The court instructed the Medical Superintendent of the hospital to file an affidavit proving the exact time when the deceased- Tanvir Singh was taken to the isolation ward. It also asked the details regarding the staff that were present at the time and if other patients were present there at the time or not.
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