Sadhvi Pragya refuses treatment in civil hospital

Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya was shifted to the hospital on Sunday evening following weakness.

Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur,who was admitted to Nashik Civil hospital,has refused to take medical treatment,hospital sources said on Monday.

Pragya,who was shifted to the hospital last evening following weakness,has said no to treatment and is also not taking food resulting in her deteriorating health,Nashik Civil hospital’s civil surgeon,Dr R S Shinge said.

Talking to reporters here yesterday,the Sadhvi said that unless the Inspector General of Police (prison) of the Nashik Road Central Jail and a local court judge met her personally,she will not accept any medical treatment or food.

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She alleged that she was being abused by Jail Superintendent Swati Sathe in the prison.

Pragya,who was brought here for a medical check-up on Saturday,had told reporters then that she was being harassed mentally and physically in the jail.

She said she had stopped consuming solid food in protest and was on a liquid diet.

Meanwhile,the Sarkarwada police station on a complaint by Nashik Road Central Jail Authorities has registered an offence of attempt to suicide against Pragya.

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The Sadhvi was earlier being treated in the city-based Ayurveda Seva Sangh hospital for spondylitis,spinal and backache. She was shifted to the Nashik Road Central Jail by authorities on March 16 following a life threat,police said.

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