Kolkata 13 Aug : The Superintendent of Bolpur Sub-Divisional Hospital Dr Buddhadeb Murmu, charged with sending a subordinate physician to Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mondal’s residence on the day prior to his arrest by the CBI on Thursday, has since pointed fingers at a powerful MLA of the ruling party of Birbhum district. On the morning of Saturday, Murmu claimed that he was required to send his assistant doctor in the hospital, Dr Chandranath Adhikari to Mondal’s residence as per a directive by Trinamool Congress legislator from Suri Assembly constituency in Birbhum district, Bikash Roy Chowdhury.
A close friend of Mondal, Roy Chowdhury is a close confidant of Mondal, Roy Chowdhury is also the president of the Trinamool Congress controlled Birbhum Zilla Parishad.
“I received an email on my mobile number from Roy Chowdhury on Wednesday when he informed me that as Mondal is sick I should bring a doctor to his home.
Mondal is a high-profile VIP in the district and has the right to security of the ‘Z’ class provided by the government of the state.So I requested Chandranath Adhikari, who was not in the office at the time, to visit Mondal’s house,” Murmu told newspersons.
He was able to come up with an ingenuous explanation being asked what the reason was for why he directed Chandranath Adhikari, to issue medical advice for a 14-day mattress rest for Mondal on a white sheet.”I have just requested Adhikari to not use official letterhead when taking any prescription as he was following a verbal instruction.However, I did not direct him to seek medical advice.He gave advice based on what he felt as a physician,” Murmu said.
However when contacted Roy Chowdhury denied having directed Dr Murmu to send a subordinate physician to Mondal’s home.”I received a phone call from the Mondal’s home that he is definitely sick and suffering from fistula pain.I just called Dr.Murmu and told him of the situation.However, I didn’t tell him in any way,” Roy Chowdhury said.
Opposition leaders have asserted that Adhikari, Murmu, and Roy Chowdhury are just lower the levels in the chain of instructions, and that the actual instruction originated from the state health department’s headquarters at Swasthya Bhawan at Salt Lake located on the northern edge of Kolkata.
CBI has already recorded the account of Adhikari regarding the sequence of events that took place on the day he visited Mondal’s house and gave the medical advice to rest in simple paper.Sources have said that the sleuths of the central agency will also be able to question Murmu and record his confessions as well.
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