After an alleged suicide attempt at a renowned boarding school in Gwalior, Bihar Cooperative Minister Jaikumar Singh’s son has been admitted to the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi. Singh on Friday claimed that his son Adarsh Kumar Singh is battling for life after alleged ragging. Hospital authorities confirmed that he is on ventilator support in the ICU.
Adarsh was studying in Scindia School, Gwalior, said Singh to a news agency. He said the school authorities told him that his son tried to commit suicide on Wednesday night and was in serious condition. “But, I strongly dispute this that my son tried to commit suicide.
Even doctors attending on him at Apollo hospital said it does not seems a case of suicide but that of suspected case of throttling,” the Minister alleged.He added that his son had complained to his mother in the past about harassment from seniors. “But, we never thought the matter was so serious,” he said.
Asked if he has lodged any complaint with the police in the incident, Singh said “presently we are busy saving life of the child. But will take up the matter with the school authority definitely.”
Hospital authorities said that the patient was brought to the hospital on Thursday morning at 8.30 am in a very critical condition and was immediately attended to by a team of experts. “He is being provided appropriate medical care by a competent multidisciplinary team of senior consultant doctors and is under constant monitoring and observation on ventilator support in the ICU,” said the hospital officials.