Maoist interlocutor Dandapani Mohanty, who is on hunger strike in the Brahmapur Circle Jail from April 24 demanding status of political prisoner, was admitted in the MKCG Medical College Hospital at Brahmapur on Monday.
Mohanty (65), who was arrested in Brahmapur on February 8, 2013 on the charge of being involved in Maoist activities, had sent letters through the Brahmapur jail authorities to Governor Dr SC Jamir, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and leader of Opposition in the Assembly Narasingha Mishra seeking treatment as a political prisoner. Earlier in 2013, Dandapani had also observed a hunger strike in jail demanding political prisoner tag.
Meanwhile, the Campaign against Fabricated Cases (CAFC) demanded speedy trial of all prisoners including Mohanty who are under jail due to fabricated cases lodged by the State Police. The organisation also demanded to recognise such persons as political prisoners as per rule of the law. Similarly, Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, who was on fast for six days in the Brahmapur Circle Jail, is now undergoing treatment in the same hospital for his dehydration problem. Panda was admitted in the Medicine Ward of the hospital on Sunday. Medical sources said he suffered from diarrhoea tendency. Earlier, Panda was hospitalised following the hunger strike in the first week of April.