New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday sought
response from city police and Tihar jail authority on arrested
CPI (Maoist) Politburo member Kobad Gandhy`s plea which seeks
a direction to them to refer him to a specialised hospital for
treatment.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Bansal
issued notice to city police and jail authority and posted the
case for tomorrow for further hearing.
Gandhy, who was arrested on September 21 and sent to
judicial custody till October 6, also pleaded that he should
be provided a copy of the FIR lodged by police against him.
Gandhy, who is in charge of spreading the banned
organisation`s influence in urban areas, has been found
suffering from prostrate cancer and cardiac problems. He is
currently lodged in Tihar jail.
An alumni of the prestigious Doon School, Gandhy was in
the top echelons of the erstwhile CPI (ML-PW) from 1981 and
continued as Central Committee member in CPI (Maoist). He was
elected to the CPI (Maoist) Politburo in 2007.
Bureau Report
