CHENNAI: The Madras High Court refused to grant permission to arrested history sheeter ‘Bomb’ Saravanan to avail treatment from a private hospital for the injuries he sustained after being shot at by the Chennai police.
A division bench of Justices SM Subramaniam and M Jothiraman dismissed the petition moved by his wife S Mahalakshmi seeking to transfer her husband from Government Stanley Medical College Hospital to any private multispecialty hospital.
During the hearing on January 27, additional public prosecutor R Muniyapparaj submitted the report on the treatment provided to Saravanan at the GH. “He’s given all necessary medical assistance. So, there’s no need to shift him to a private hospital,” he added.
Appearing for Mahalakshmi, advocate P Pugalenthi continued to press for Saravanan’s transfer to a private hospital, pointing out that he suffered severe injuries, including fractures, after being shot at by the police. However, the bench refused to grant permission to transfer him to a private hospital and dismissed the petition.
On January 15, a police team surrounded a godown in MKB Nagar where Saravanan was allegedly hiding from the police. In an attempt to escape, he allegedly attacked the personnel with weapons and even hurled a country-made bomb at them. The police claimed that Pulianthope inspector opened fire at Saravanan in self-defense, which injured the latter on his leg. He was initially taken to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital and was later shifted to Stanley Hospital.
Saravanan is a notorious criminal with more than 30 cases, including murder cases. He was a close associate of slain BSP leader K Armstrong. The police alleged that Saravanan was planning to murder his rivals, including notorious gangster P Nagendran, the key suspect in the Armstrong murder case.
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