Kolkata: That the correctional services in West Bengal is not a mere punishment but a sensitive and humane effort to bring inmates into the mainstream of life finds an apt expression in the effort of Presidency correctional services in the state that not only conducted dialysis of a Maoist top gun 320 times in the last couple of years but are running pillar to post to find a kidney donor for aged ailing inmate even when all his family members have denied to give him a new lease of life.
The man in discussion is Buddheshwar Mahato – the Maoist top leader allegedly responsible for orchestrating the Sildha EFR camp ambush in Jhargram in West Bengal in February 2010 where 24 EFR jawans were killed by the ultra-leftists.
According to sources in the police, Mahato, accused of several killings and subversive activities, was arrested from neighbouring Jharkhand in a joint forces’ operation a few days after the attack. He was initially lodged in Midnapore jail and then was shifted to Presidency correctional home because of security reasons, sources in the police said.
“Initially he was in good health but little by little his health condition started to deteriorate and in the last few years he has been detected with numerous ailments including kidney failure. In the last couple of years, he is on continuous dialysis,” a senior official of Presidency correctional home told Etv Bharat on condition of anonymity.