Partho Dasgupta stable, shifted back to Taloja Jail
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Dasgupta had been moved to JJ Hospital on January 15
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Dasgupta had been moved to JJ Hospital on January 15
The Bombay High Court on Monday was informed that Partho Dasgupta, former chief executive officer and managing director of the Broadcast Audience Research Council and accused in the Television Rating Point (TRP) manipulation case, was shifted back to Taloja Central Jail from JJ Hospital.
Public prosecutor Deepak Thakare submitted Mr. Dasgupta’s medical report to a single judge bench of Justice P.D. Naik showing that he is in stable condition and said that if there was any medical emergency, he would be immediately shifted to the hospital.
The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to submit by Monday the medical report of Partho Dasgupta, former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) CEO arrested in the television rating points (TRP) rigging scam. A single bench of Justice PD Naik heard an urgent bail plea this evening, filed by Dasgupta s counsels, seeking interim bail for at least two weeks considering his poor health. Last week, Dasgupta was rushed to JJ Hospital from the Taloja prison, where he is lodged as an undertrial, after his blood sugar levels shot up and he fell unconscious. Dasgupta was discharged this evening, after which his lawyers moved HC seeking an urgent hearing.
Dasgupta was discharged this evening, after which his lawyers moved HC seeking an urgent hearing. He was discharged from JJ Hospital on a stretcher. If he was fit enough to be discharged, then he should have been walking out and not been carried out on a stretcher, said Dasgupta s counsel Arjun Singh Thakur.
The state s counsel, Deepak Thakare, told HC that as per protocol, since the JJ hospital had certified Dasgupta to be fit for discharge, he will be taken to the Taloja prison hospital.
If he is certified as fit, he will be shifted to his prison cell, or else, he will be taken back to JJ hospital, Thakare said.
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The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to submit by Monday the medical report of Partho Dasgupta, former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) CEO arrested in the television rating points (TRP) rigging scam. A single bench of Justice PD Naik heard an urgent bail plea this evening, filed by Dasgupta s counsels, seeking interim bail for at least two weeks considering his poor health.
Last week, Dasgupta was rushed to JJ Hospital from the Taloja prison, where he is lodged as an undertrial, after his blood sugar levels shot up and he fell unconscious. Dasgupta was discharged this evening, after which his lawyers moved HC seeking an urgent hearing.
She added, “At the emergency room, he was incoherent, unable to speak or express himself properly when he desperately tried to talk to us, and his sugar levels had shot up to alarmingly high levels (516).”
Pratyusha said her father had been suffering from serious ailments for many years, including diabetes, hypertension and ankylosing spondylitis, an autoimmune disorder. “Given the state he is in, I am deeply concerned about his life,” she added.
She further said the family were law-abiding citizens and want that the case should follow the natural course through the courts of law. “However, what we have been made to go through is a matter of utmost concern..My plea to you, sir, is to please save my father’s life by allowing proper medical treatment in a reputed hospital at our expense,” the letter said.