Sadhvi Pragya stable after cardiac arrest

Malegaon blast accused was rushed to the ICU after complaining of severe chest pain and breathlessness

Malegaon blast accused was rushed to the ICU after complaining of severe chest pain and breathlessness

SHE'S FINE NOW: At the time of going to press, the sadhvi was not on life support, but was kept under observation. FILE PIC

Malegaon blast accused Pragyau00a0 Singh Thakur's condition was reported as stable after she suffered a mild cardiac arrest last night.

Thakur, who was arrested in Surat on October 10, 2008, and was subsequently shifted to Nashik Jail, has not been keeping well for a long time.

According to sources, she was being treated for back pain and other health issues at an ayurvedic hospital in Nashik.

Thakur was rushed to the Nashik Civil Hospital around 10.30 pm after she complained of severe chest pain and breathlessness. The doctor at the hospital diagnosed it as a mild heart attack and she was immediately admitted to the ICU.

When MiD DAY checked with the hospital at midnight, doctors said her condition was stable and she did not need surgery. She was not on life support, but was kept under observation.

The sadhvi had sought special permission to get treatment at an ayurvedic hospital and had refused to eat when she was admitted to the civil hospital earlier.

THE CASE

The Malegoan blast occurred near a hotel at Bhikku Chowk on September 29, 2008.u00a0 The bombs were allegedly fitted onto a Hero Honda motorcycle and rigged to detonate. u00a0 Both blasts were said to be of low intensity. There had been confusion earlier about what had caused the blast with some suggesting that it was caused by an accidental explosion of a gas cylinder. But the police later confirmed that the blast was a terrorist attack.

ABUSED?

The sadhvi was admitted to the civil hospital in March after complaining of weakness but she refused treatment and even food demanding that the inspector general of police of the Nashik Jail and a local court judge meet her personally. She alleged that she was being abused by jail superintendent Swati Sathe.