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Medico's death: legal notices served on 6 persons

By Our Staff Reporter

KOLLAM March 26. The former Chathannur MLA, N. Anirudhan, has sent legal notices to six respondents in connection with the `unnatural' death of his only son, A.S. Anish, a final year medical student at the T.D. Medical College, Alappuzha.

Those served with the legal notice are the registrar of the University of Kerala, Rajan, the principal of the T.D. Medical College, Alappuzha, Dalus, the chief examiner for the final year MBBS examination, 2001-2002, Ramakrishnan and Sujathan, external examiners for the same examination, and the Chief Secretary, Chandrashekharan Nair.

The notice holds that the mental torture and harassment at the hands of those in charge of the examination had resulted in Anish's death. A final year MBBS student at the Alappuzha Medical College, it was after attending the medicine clinical examination on April 3 last year that Anish went missing. Four days later, Mr. Anirudhan received a phone call from a Coimbatore police station that his son's body had been found in a lodge there and that it was a suicide.

The notice states that an extensive enquiry into the whole episode was conducted by Mr. Anirudhan since foul play was suspected and it was through it that he learnt about the mental torture and harassment endured by his son at the hands of the examiners.

The notice also cites various grounds, witnessed especially at the Alappuzha Medical College, to hold the allegation that examiners target students for harassment. Comments like `you are not fit for this course' and `better search for some other job' were made by one of the examiners against Anish, the notice points out.

He was last seen by his friends leaving the hall in dejection and when he did not attend the evening session of the examination, his friends became worried. They then informed Mr. Anirudhan. The notice sent through his advocate, R. Sivadasan, states that Mr. Anirudhan is entitled to exemplary damages as well as initiating legal proceeding against the respondents as a deterrent measure. He is also claiming Rs. 20 lakhs as damages.

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