Saradha scam accused Kunal Ghosh attempts suicide inside Kolkata jail
Admin | 14 November, 2014 | 912 | 3980
Kolkata: Suspended Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh attempted suicide inside his prison cell, Friday, days after he had warned that he will end his life if the CBI did not take proper action against ‘those involved’ in the Saradha scam.
Ghosh is lodged in the Presidency Jail. He had threatened to commit suicide when he was produced in court three days ago. He is behind bars since November 2013.
While news reports claimed that Ghosh had consumed an overdose of sleeping pills, early morning, after which he fell ill and was rushed to the SSKM hospital.
West Bengal Prison Minister HA Safi told a news agency: “Kunal Ghosh has access to 2-3 pills as his regular prescription. He said he took pills at 2:30am.”
“At 2:33am he went walking to SSKM (Hospital), not in a stretcher,” Safi said.