Chennai: A short video of the capture of the assailant, who stabbed a doctor at the Kalaignar Centenary Government Multi-Speciality Hospital in Tamil Nadu capital Chennai over the treatment of his mother on Wednesday, showed him as walking away after the attack.
The video shows the assailant, identified by the police as Vigneshwaran from Perungalathur, walking through the hospital where he is seen throwing away something. Multiple private security guards walking past him are seen acting as mute spectators with none of them stopping him but steering clear of him.
In the video, the onlookers are heard pleading to the security guards to capture the assailant as he had attacked the doctor. They are also seen repeatedly asking the guards to alert the police so that the attacker could be caught. In a few seconds, a man in civvies is seen confronting the assailant, who is seen resisting it. Another man who comes from behind is seen hitting the accused on his head while the other who earlier confronted him is heard asking why he did that to the doctor. The suspect is heard retorting to the question.
"You were least bothered about the doctor gave wrong treatment to my mother. Now, you seem worried," the assailant says in the video.
The video shows the accused being made to sit down on the floor by the people who repeatedly ask the guards to alert the police. They are also heard asking for a rope to tie the accused down so that he would not be able to escape from the scene. The video concludes when the attacker is pinned down by the security guards.
The over 40-second video has been verified whether it has been shot on the premises of the government hospital and is being widely shared on video and message sharing platforms.
Meanwhile, the accused Vignesh's ailing mother Prema said that her did not actually intend to stab the doctor. "Seeing the pain I was going through, my son did this. He went on the wrong path. Frustrated with my ill health, my son stabbed the doctor. We are not aware of this incident. Also, my son is a heart patient and nothing should happen to him. The government should take appropriate action in this," she told media.
Vignesh's brother Lokesh said, "My mother is bedridden due to lung infection and bedridden due to cancer department. When we took her to the private hospital, they said that they could no longer save our mother. My brother Vignesh took care of all the care for our mother. He did this in desperation and because of the treatment given by Dr. Balaji," he said. He further said that the police raided their house after the incident and took away all the medical test reports of their mother, making it difficult for them to take their mother for treatment.
Prior to the Kalaignar hospital, Vignesh's mother Prema was given treatment at a private hospital in Katangulathur when it was revealed that she had cancer. Later, when she was treated at Adyar Cancer Hospital, the doctors there said that she will recover soon as she has second stage cancer. But due to insufficient funds for treatment there, Vignesh's mother has been admitted to the Guindy Kalaignar Government Hospital for treatment. There, the medical team has provided treatments including chemo therapy.
After that, Prema has suffered from lung damage and breathing problems. Then, her son Vignesh became angry that she was suffering from this pain due to the treatment given at the Kalaignar government hospital. He allegedly took a vegetable cutting knife from home and stabbed the doctor.
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