Twenty-two-year-old Shahzad Ansari, son of Ramgarh lynching victim Alimuddin Ansari, reportedly died on Wednesday, January 23 after being taken to a private hospital for a headache.
His mother, Mariam Khatoon, told eNewsroom. “Yesterday, he complained of headache. We did not take him to a government but private hospital, Lake View, in hope of availing better treatment for him. He wasn’t into any form of addiction. After the CT Scan, doctors told us that there was no issue and that he would be fine.”
She added, “The hospital killed my son. He was given so many injections, saying that it would help him to sleep. But my son never woke up again.”
The family then took Shahzad to a hospital in Ranchi, where he was declared brought dead, reported eNewsroom.
Alimuddin Ansari was lynched in Ramgarh in 2017, on suspicion of ‘cow slaughter’. Since then, Shahzad has been taking care of and providing for the family.
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Shahbaj, Alimuddin’s second son, told eNewsroom, “Three years back, he (Shahzad) had complain of a headache but it was never so serious, and he had got well soon after.”
Union Minister Jayant Sinha had come under fire for garlanding the men who had been convicted of lynching Alimuddin.
Lake View hospital has reportedly denied any medical negligence or wrongdoing in Shahzad’s death. The treating Neurosurgeon, Dr Waqar told eNewsroom, “I had no idea that Shahzad was son of a lynching victim. He had a serious accident in 2013. And most probably had some internal injury. But his condition was not so serious yesterday when he was brought here. And the CT Scan was also not life threatening. But today morning, he was feeling drowsy and it was a matter of concern for me. Then I had suggested the family to shift the patient to ICU, but they did not get ready for it due to their financial condition. They wanted to take him to a government hospital for further treatment. I request the same to them in the afternoon, and when they again shown helplessness I agreed to discharge him.”
Reacting to Shahzad’s death, human rights activist Harsh Mandar wrote on Twitter, “Deeply saddened about Shahzad’s tragic death. His father Alimuddin was cruelly lynched. His mother Mariam displayed great grace when she said she did not want his killers to be hanged. She wanted justice, not revenge. For her to be burdened by this new tragedy is beyond bearing.”