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Delhi police unable to interrogate unfit Kishan Kumar

Onkar Singh in New Delhi

A team of doctors from the Kailash Hospital today examined actor and businessman Kishan Kumar on Tuesday morning and decided to conduct further medical tests after the patient complained of uneasiness and pain in the chest. The team was led by Dr Mahesh Sharma, managing director and chairman of the Kailash Hospital, Dr T M Taneja, Dr S C Misra and Dr Anil Gurnani.

After examining the patient, the doctors told newsmen that they would take the patient for further investigation and would do everything to ensure that he is stable and not put to any inconvenience.

"We want to assure you that we are not going to keep him in the hospital one minute more than necessary. We want to be transparent. We have told officers of the Delhi Crime Branch and officers of the Enforcement Directorate, who have been wanting to question Kishan Kumar, that they are free to have their own doctors examine the patient. Our hospital records are available to anyone who wants them to have a look at them," Dr Sharma told newsmen.

Kumar was admitted to the hospital on Friday, the same day the Delhi police arrested Rajesh Kalra for his alleged role in match fixing. The Delhi police claim a nexus exists between Kalra and Kumar.

Teams from the Delhi crime branch and ED visited the hospital on Tuesday morning and served notices under Section 160 of the Criminal Procedure Code on the hospital management. "These are routine notices and everyday we reply to the investigating agencies about his medical condition. Even this morning Mr Rajiv Kumar from the ED visited Kumar and saw for himself the condition of the patient. Another team led by ACP Rishi Pal also visited the hospital and they too saw the patient's condition.

"The patient is under pressure because of the charges against him and we are of the opinion that he will not be able to stand sustained interrogation by the investigating agencies. His family has a history of being heart patients. His father has already undergone bypass surgery. He had angina, but his condition is stable at the moment. We are keeping him under constant monitoring and will soon expose to him for interrogation in three stages.

"In the first stage we will allow the media to question Kumar and in the second stage we will allow him to have a question and answer session with the media and even cross examining. Once he is through with this then we will hand him over to the police," Dr Sharma said.

Is Kumar faking illness? "No, he has a genuine problem. We have already said our medical records are available to any doctor who wants to check them. We have been keeping him under watch and we are not inclined to keep him more than it is necessary," Dr Sharma explained again and again.

When a group of correspondents were allowed into Room 314 to look at Kumar, the patient looked ill and did not open his eyes. When a lady correspondent asked him how he was, Kumar muttered and looked in pain. Quickly, the medical team asked the correspondents to leave.

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