Neighbours thrash HIV patient

TNN / Jun 7, 2009, 04:09 IST

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An HIV positive patient and his wife were allegedly assaulted by their neighbours on Friday.

KOLKATA: An HIV positive patient and his wife were allegedly assaulted by their neighbours on Friday. To add to the couple's woes, police only allowed them to lodge a general diary and not an FIR.
Jiban Brahmo, the 48-year-old HIV+ patient, and his wife Chhaya incurred the wrath of two of their next-door neighbours, including A K Singha who is said to work in the police department, following an altercation.The incident occurred at Bachharpara in Thakurpukur.
Police were completely insensitive, too. "Can there be any special rule for HIV positive patients? How can the complainant, who was badly beaten up, himself come to the police station to lodge a complaint? However, we will look into the case," said Dibyendu Bandyopadhyay, officer-in-charge of Thakurpukur police station. South 24-Parganas superintendent of police Ajey Ranade said he was not aware of the incident.
Jiban, who works as a community care coordinator at the School of Tropical Medicine, said he could not go to work on Friday as he was unwell. "I informed my office that I would not be able to go as I was not feeling well. After sometime, Singha along with another person came to our house and started complaining that we had dumped waste into their compound. As I protested, Singha started abusing me and my wife, using filthy language," he added.

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Then, there was a heated exchange and Singha allegedly hit Jiban and pushed him hard. The latter fell to the ground and sustained injuries in his head and chest. "When I tried to resist, Singha pushed me as well," alleged Jiban's wife Chhaya.
The HIV positive patient later went to Vidyasagar Hospital for treatment. After getting first aid, he went to Thakurpukur police station to lodge a complaint. "Police were reluctant to take the complaint. No police officer has so far come to us to know what happened," he said.

Both Jiban and Chhaya said Singha abuse them quite often. "I was detected with the HIV virus back in 2001. Since then, I have been working to spread awareness about the disease. For this, many people come to our house for counselling and Singha always tried to malign us in the locality, using abusive language as much as possible. I have never tried to hide myself from society. We get cooperation from all our other neighbours except him," Jiban complained. "We are not sure as to what Singha does but we have heard that he works in the police department," Chhaya said.
Singha though could not be contacted as he was not at home. Those who were in his house neither wanted to speak on the matter nor give Singha's contact number.

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