Fire over a smoke

The financial fraud by his company and subsequent arrest might have tainted his image, but Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen appears unwilling to change some aspects of his lifestyle even in judicial custody. Appearing at a local court in Kolkata for a hearing recently, he asked the court staff for a cigarette. Naturally, he was refused since the court premises, like all public places, are a no-smoking zone by law. But Sen was not about to listen to reason and threatened a hunger strike and even refused to drink water served to him. It took the intervention of senior police officers to pacify him, although he was still not allowed to smoke.