Family refuses to accept body

Inmate dead, kin accuse Yerawada jail authorities of negligence, file case against them

Sunilu00a0Bhandalkar, accused of forgery, died on October 28 at Sassoon hospital. The family was formally informed on the October 31. The family has refused to accept the body.


Crying Foulu00a0Vilas Bhandalkar holds a picture of his dead son Sunil.
Pic/Jignesh Mistry

Vilas Bhandalkar, Sunil's father has filed a case against the authorities of Yerawada jail at the Shastri Nagar police station and does not wish to accept the body without proper clarification.

The entire episode started a week ago when Sunil Bhandalkar was accused of forging signatures in a property related matter and was arrested by the Narayan Peth police. He was locked-up at Faraskhana. Later he was shifted to Yerawada Central Jail.

Bhandalkar was admitted to Sassoon on October 28.Padmaker Bhalerao, superintendent of Yerawada jail, said: "His blood sugar level rose up to 400. That's why he was sent to Sassoon. He died during treatment. A telegram was sent to his family informing about his admission."

Bhandalkar's family said it did not receive any telegram. Deepak, brother-in-law of Sunil, said, "They didn't inform us about anything."

Vilas Bhandalkar, who works as a peon, said it was only on October 31 at 10.30 am that Yerawada authorities informed his family about the death. The hospital report states Bhandalkar died on 28 October.
P S Pawar, superintendent of Sassoon hospital said, "Please contact the police station for post mortem report."