Patna: Pappu Yadav alleges conspiracy, writes to DMCH superintendent

PATNA: The Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) authorities on Saturday stopped the preparations to send former MP and JAP(L) chief Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav to Patna after he wrote a letter to the hospital superintendent to provide him medial treatment there instead of conspiring with the government to kill him.
In the letter, he urged the DMCH superintendent to refer him to Delhi if his treatment for kidney stone was not possible there.Pappu alleged that some senior government officials were conspiring against him. He urged the superintendent to work as per the medical board’s direction and not on any minister or district magistrate’s advice.
Sources said the government authorities had made all preparations for Pappu’s transportation to Patna.
Pappu was arrested on May 11 on the court order for continuously not appearing in the trial of a 32-year-old kidnapping case lodged against him with Murliganj police station in Madhepura district.
DMCH superintendent Dr Mani Bhushan Sharma said Pappu was to be taken to IGIC in Patna, but it was cancelled as he suffered from slipped disk Friday night. “He had acute pain and was given medicines. In such a situation, problems will aggravate if he is made to travel,” he said.
Sharma also said he was not working under any pressure. He also said given his health condition, Pappu could not be kept in a jail. “He has obesity, diabetes, blood pressure, kidney stone, heart ailment, varicose veins and several other problems. He was sent for an MRI at a private hospital on Saturday, but could not be accommodated inside the machine due to body mass,” Sharma said, adding he could refer Pappu only to a higher government medical institution in Bihar and not outside it.
Meanwhile, JAP(L) state president Raghvendra Singh Kushwaha said their leader apprehends threat to his life. “There are lack of facilities at DMCH. Pappu wanted to be shifted to Patna or Delhi. However, we came to know that authorities were suddenly planning to take him back to Birpur jail on Saturday, after which he wrote the letter,” he said.
JD(U) MLC Neeraj Kumar said if Pappu has any complaint, he must approach the court as he is in judicial custody. “He is being treated at a government hospital on the court order. His priority should be to get himself treated and stay away from politics at present,” he added.
JD(U) spokesperson Suheli Mehta also said his matter is completely legal.