Saradha scam accused Kunal Ghosh attempts 'suicide', hospitalised

Kolkata Suspended Trinamool Congress MP and Saradha scam accused Kunal Ghosh today allegedly tried to commit suicide by taking sleeping pills inside the Alipore Central Jail West Bengal Correctional Home Services Minister H A Swafi saidGhosh has been admitted to a staterun hospital Kunal Ghosh claimed that he has taken sleeping pills to commit suicide He later on called the doctor and they found everything to be normal but still as a precautionary measure we did not take any chance and got him admitted to the SSKM Hospital the minister told PTI hereDoctors there have kept Ghosh an accused in the Saradha scam under observation On November 10 when he was produced before a city court Ghosh had threatened to commit suicide if the CBI did not take proper action against those involved within three daysInvestigation is being influenced It is not acceptable that I will rot in jail while those involved will roam freely I am giving three days time if action is not taken I will commit suicide the suspended Trinamool Congress MP had told Metropolitan Magistrate Arvind Mishra at Bankshall Court hereI pray to you to pass an order that during these three days none of my relatives or my lawyer be allowed to meet me or else I may get influenced and dissuaded Ghosh who had during earlier court hearings accused some top Trinamool Congress leaders of having benefited from the scam told the judge on that day Ghosh a journalist by profession is a former CEO of Saradha Group firm Bengal Media LtdA top jail department official said As he had threatened to commit suicide we had kept extra watch on him for the past two daysBefore going to sleep we searched him thoroughly But no sedative or sleeping pill of that sort was found in his possession But at around 230 AM he started complaining of breathlessness and claimed he had taken pills following which jail doctors called on him examined him thoroughly but did not find anything abnormalStill we did not take any chance the official told PTIPresidency Jail authorities today filed an FIR in a city police station against Saradha scam accused Kunal Ghosh for allegedly attempting to commit suicideThe FIR has been filed at Hastings Police Station against Ghosh by the authorities of the Presidency Correctional Homewhere he was lodged and had allegedly attempted to commit suicide in the early hours today police sources said Attempt to commit suicide under section 309 of IPC invites simple imprisonment of one year or fine if provedGhoshs counsel Soumyajit Raha who visited SSKM Hospital said neither he nor his clients family members were allowed to meet the suspended Trinamool Congress MP Raha claimed that they were also not given any officialupdate on the condition of Ghosh who allegedly took sleeping pills in the early hours today and was admitted to thecritical care unit of staterun SSKM HospitalWe are completely unaware of his status We desired to meet him but were not allowed Hospital authorities said thatas a medical board is going into the matter nothing can be told he said Everyone is in anxiety and we will wait if any information is provided and tomorrow we will review the situation and decide on whether we will move the court in this regard Raha saidGhosh had threatened to commit suicide if the CBI did not take proper action against those involved within three daysin front of a magistrate when he was produced before a city court on November 10Raha who was representing Ghosh in court said he had told the magistrate that his client was both physically and mentally stressed and that he needed treatmentWe however do not know what precautionary steps the jail authorities had taken in view of his comments in thecourt Raha said