Cops worry about mounting hospital bills of lawyer who stabbed himself after murdering woman who spurned his proposals of marriage
Cops worry about mounting hospital bills of lawyer who stabbed himself after murdering woman who spurned his proposals of marriage
The city police are worried about advocate SL Rajappa's mounting bill at the Mallya hospital that has crossed Rs 1 lakh.
Rajappa was admitted after he slit his own throat after murdering lawyer Naveena J S (24) in the high court premises on July 8. He allegedly turned violent after Naveena refused his proposals for marriage.
u00a0
Sources revealed that senior police officers were planning to write to the Bar Council and Association to fund Advocate Rajappa's hospital bills.
|
| Rajappa was in love with Naveena and wanted to marry her. When she refused his proposal, Rajappa lost his temper and stabbed her to death in the high court premises. |
|
While Rajappa is recovering gradually, his condition is not completely normal as his blood continues to test positive for poisoning.
However, the Bar Council does not appear too keen to help Rajappa. "First of all, we don't have enough funds, and it would be wrong and shameful on our part if we tried to extend monetary support. Moreover, our minds continue to be blank since the incident.
We have not really thought about the incident. While we have funded eye and heart operations in the past, we may not have the funds," said Putte Gowda, President, Bar Council.
Sources revealed that Rajappa's family is not in a position to clear the hospital bill.u00a0"As his family can't clear the bills, the police plans to have him shifted to Victoria or Bowring hospital after consulting hospital authorities."
Other than Rajappa father, who visited the hospital on Monday, no relative has enquired after him at the hospital so far.
Commodore Indru Wadhwani, president, Mallya hospital, said, "Rajappa is gradually improving. However, he continues to be on ventilators in the ICU.
He was brought to our hospital in a very critical condition. We managed to saved his life. While we are not worried about the bills, we are certainly worried for his life.
Fourteen people were admitted to our hospital on April 17 following the Bangalore bomb blast. We treated all of them but we have not been paid so far," said Wadhwani.
