Thank you Rajesh for sharing this news and your viewpoints. Since I have the exposure of working with state torture and first hand experience of working with women prisoners, while the draft was getting prepared I wrote to the committee members to include these issues in the draft law. Though I do not see any reflections of the same in the draft.
Along with Senior Medical Officer of Alipore Correctional Home of Kolkata, I am trying to write down exact suggestions so that we can send them to the committee as he also feels inadequacy while dealing with prisoners with disabilities. With regards Shampa Sengupta Sruti Disability Rights Centre Kolkata On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in>wrote: > To me it appears outright an accessibility issue, having nothing to do with > alleged criminality. > In fact, I propose that all places of confinement and law enforcement > machinery should be duly accessible, particularly hospitals. > Snippet: ""We were stunned that in spite of being in custody, Khan was > making such demands," said the officer. > " > Such assertions reflect lack of any disability rights awareness on part of > law enforcers. > > Beside, another related issue is accessibility independent of legality. > I am afraid nobody is ready to even discuss it at present. > Even this honorable group had debarred such contentions in the case of P.C. > Thahir, who was summarily expelled. > > > I am including accessibility of prisons, and even accessibility independent > of legality already in my comments on the law. > Rajesh > > From: Asudani, Rajesh > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 1:06 PM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Cc: Asudani, Rajesh > Subject: I cannot use an Indian Loo > > > Sources: - > http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=2&contentid=2011030920110309032953156a66b331d > I can't use an Indian loo, > > > Lata Mishra > > Posted On Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 03:29:53 AM > > The country's biggest tax defaulter displayed the same contempt for Indian > loos as he has shown for the country's law. > > On Tuesday, Hasan Ali Khan, accused of stashing $8 billion of black money > abroad, was being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate, when he > complained of chest pain, breathlessness and stomach pain and was rushed to > the J J Hospital in a police van. > > Dr T P Lahane, Dean of J J Hospital, said, "We did an ECG and blood > pressure test and both were normal. > > Other tests also confirmed that his kidneys are fully functional." After > the tests, Khan was declared fit to be taken away. But the drama had just > begun. > > Khan who was dressed in a plain white kurta and trouser, and had been > waiting in the hospital's emergency ward for hours, wanted to use a washroom > and was directed to an Indian loo. > > Police and staff from JJ Hospital help Hasan Ali Khan sit in a wheelchair > before taking him to the toilet > Khan refused to use it and demanded a Western style seat instead. "He said > he is unable to walk, and for the five hours that he was here, he was in a > wheel chair," said a medical officer in the casualty ward. > > "I asked a ward boy to bring a pot so that he can urinate here. However > Khan refused saying he wanted to be taken to a toilet. When the ward boy > directed him the patient's toilet, Khan again refused saying that it is an > Indian toilet and he only used a western one," added the officer. > > Khan's princely demand raised a lot of eyebrows at the hospital. > > "We were stunned that in spite of being in custody, Khan was making such > demands," said the officer. > > With Khan insisting on a Western loo and the hospital staff refusing to > relent, the standoff continued for a while until the cops intervened and > Khan was taken to a female medical officer's cabin which was in another > building. > > For the five hours that Khan was at JJ Hospital, the place had virtually > turned into a fortress with heavy security bandobast. > > One of the officers on duty complained, "Look at his histrionics. He wants > to use the loo and we have been out on alert for hours!" > > With thanks and regards > > > > (Rajesh Asudani) > Assistant General Manager > Reserve Bank of India > Nagpur > Cell: 9420397185 > o: +91 712 2806846 > R: 2591349 > > "The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to > find it, the courage to get on to it, and > the perseverance to follow it. Wishing you great journey." > -Kalpana Chawla > (An excert from the e-mail Kalpana sent to the students of Punjab > Engineering College from aboard Columbia.) > "The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to > find it, the courage to get on to it, and > the perseverance to follow it. 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