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Denied visit to hospital, Thane jail inmate flings mug of poop at doctor

Updated on: 26 October,2016 06:47 AM IST  | 
Faisal Tandel | mailbag@mid-day.com

Pooh-poohing a Thane jail inmate’s bid to visit the hospital backfired on a doctor, who was doused with a mug full of faeces for just doing his job. Inmate has since been shifted to Taloja jail

Denied visit to hospital, Thane jail inmate flings mug of poop at doctor

The Thane Central Jail inmate has been sent to Taloja jail after the mishap. File pic
The Thane Central Jail inmate has been sent to Taloja jail after the mishap. File pic


Pooh-poohing a Thane jail inmate’s bid to visit the hospital backfired on a doctor, who was doused with a mug full of faeces for just doing his job. The angry jailbird flung the excreta after being denied a medical certificate by Dr B Dhotre, who told him that he was completely fine. The inmate has since been shifted to Taloja jail.


According to jail sources the incident took place on October 20, when Dr Dhotre was meeting patients who had been complaining about various health problems. The inmate, Abdul Raheem Yakub Shaikh, who is an undertrial in a rape case, had been complaining about severe pain in his ear and head for almost a fortnight. He was asked to meet the doctor in his office.


Argument over certificate
“Shaikh complained of severe pain in his ears and head for the second time in 14 days. He asked for a medical certificate, so that he could be referred to the Thane Civil Hospital or JJ Hospital for treatment. An argument took place between him and Dhotre when the latter found nothing wrong with Shaikh after checking him. He then asked Shaikh to leave the office,” said a jail official. Shaikh was angry as he had been given a medical certificate earlier but was not allowed to visit the hospital, as there was no police escort team to take him there.

Mug full of faeces
The officer added that Shaikh got furious and ran to take the metal mug that is provided to inmates. “He returned with the mug full of excreta and threw it on Dhotre’s face. Dhotre almost collapsed. It took more than 45 minutes for Dhotre to clean his clothes and return. Prison officials then caught hold of the inmate as Dhotre was shifted to the bathroom,” said an officer.

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Dhotre confirmed the attack and said that Shaikh was fine and there was no reason to give him a certificate to visit the hospital. NB Vayachal, superintendent of police, Thane Central Jail, said, “The same day the inmate was transferred to Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai for his indiscipline.”

Lack of cop escort to blame
However, Shaikh’s outburst of anger is not the first such case at the jail. An official from the jail said that inmates keep attacking the jail authorities or go on protest due to lack of a police escort team to produce them in court. They blame the Thane police and reserve police inspector for the same. “In the past one month, the police escort team was not on time leading to a problem in taking the inmates to the hospital or court. Shaikh was granted permission to go to the hospital earlier, but as there was no police escort team, he was not sent. In such cases, officials or doctors are attacked or sometimes the inmates go on protest,” the officer added.

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