The opposition Congress in Tripura on Thursday condemned the alleged assault on senior CPI(M) leader and former state minister Badal Chowdhury, who was arrested in a corruption case, by the police.
Chowdhury on Wednesday alleged that he and his wife were beaten up by the police while he was being "forcibly" brought from a private hospital to a police station here.
"We condemn the incident as barbaric. When he (Chowdhury) was under treatment in a hospital, the police forcibly picked him up and took him to lock up," senior Congress leader Gopal Roy told reporters.
Chowdhury, a CPI(M) central committee member who was the PWD minister during the Left Front regime, was arrested on October 21 from the private hospital where he was admitted.
"When he was brought to the police station, he was wearing a dress provided by the hospital for its patients. This proves that he was not discharged by the hospital. It is an inhuman and uncivilised act by the police," Roy said.
The police "forcibly" took Chowdhury to the police station lockup from the hospital when his bail plea was being heard at the High Court of Tripura.
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"Law will take its own course. But picking up a patient from the hospital bed and taking him to a lockup is not acceptable. We condemn it as an act of intolerance," state Congress acting president Pijush Biswas said.
Chowdhury fell ill during interrogation in the lock up and was taken to the G B Pant Hospital where he undergoing treatment now.
Meanwhile, Justice Arindam Lodh of the High Court of Tripura rejected the bail plea of Chowdhury.
State Advocate General Arun Kanti Bhowmik said, "This order justify our stand."