Mr. Mohammed Abdul Quadeer, a former police constable who is serving life sentence in Cherlapally jail was shifted to Gandhi Hospital on the advice of the jail doctors. He was imprisoned in 1990 and he has completed the term of life sentence in jail. He was undergoing treatment in jail hospital for the past one month. When his illness became severe he was advised to be admitted in Gandhi Hospital on 19th March.
He has developed swelling in his feet which makes him unable to walk. He is already having blood pressure and sugar. His sugar level has reached 500. He has developed a wound in his foot. His wife has been permitted to attend on him in the hospital. He said that he is already tolerating in inconvenience in jail. On the top of it, the pain due to his ailments has made him weak.
His pain is so severe that can’t express it in wounds. He shed tears and requested the Govt. to release him on humanitarian grounds taking into consideration his old age and various ailments he is suffering from. On 8th February he was released on parole for 10 days to attend his daughter’s wedding. Soon after returning to jail, he fell ill and since then he is not able to recover. He said that he is not receiving any cooperation from hospital. He is required to buy medicines worth Rs. 1000 daily. He has made an appeal to the Govt. through Siasat newspaper to release him.
——Siasat News