Probe into constable 'role' in man's death

CUTTACK: Government railway police (GRP) SP Bana Bihari Sahoo on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the allegations levelled by a woman that her husband died as a GRP constable denied her prepaid autorickshaw service.
Deceased Madhusudan Ojha's wife Rajashree has alleged that on January 1 night her husband complained of chest pain. She had called 108 ambulance service for help.But when she got no response from the executive, she rushed to a prepaid auto-rickshaw counter located near the railway station to hire an auto to shift her husband to the hospital.
In a hurry, Rajashree had forgotten her purse. She pleaded with the GRP constable, manning the prepaid counter, to help her with an auto and said she would pay the fare later, but the constable ignored her appeal. Seeing her condition, an auto driver came to her rescue and provided her Rs 100 to book the prepaid auto. But by then it was too late, she said.
Rajashree alleged that when she took her husband to SCB Medical College and Hospital, he was declared brought-dead by doctors. Ojha was a homeopathy doctor.
Rajashree alleged that due to the inhuman attitude of the constable, there was delay in shifting her husband to hospital and it led to his death.
Inspector in-charge of GRP police station (Cuttack) has been directed to investigate the matter. "If the constable is found guilty, appropriate measures will be taken against him," said Sahoo.