Madan Mitra plays good samaritan to get back into Mamata's good books

Former Bengal transport minister Madan Mitra, who was arrested in the Saradha chit fund scam by the CBI on 12 December 2014 and was granted bail last year, is now trying to make his presence felt in the political arena. And as his first step, he took an initiative to open a jute mill in his former constituency – Kamarhati. The jute mill in Kamarhati was closed down a year ago leaving 300 employees jobless.

Last week Mitra, along with some of his followers, staged a demonstration outside the Kamarhati jute mill demanding it be re-opened. Mitra threatened that if the mill is not opened within a week, then necessary action would be taken against the owner.

On Friday, Mitra assured help to the family of a person who died in Apollo Hospital after they allegedly refused to discharge him for admission to SSKM Hospital, until medical bills amounting to Rs 7.93 lakhs were settled.

The worst part was that Apollo authorities allegedly forced the patient’s relatives to keep their fixed deposit certificates with the hospital as a guarantee against payment due.

The wife of the deceased, Rubi Roy a resident of Dankuni, Hooghly, got relief after Mitra called the hospital authorities and urged them to release the body without asking for money. Mitra even assured that he will take the matter up at the highest level so that the patient’s relatives get justice.

On Saturday, the state health department summoned the Apollo officials for an explanation as they were not satisfied with the reply furnished by the hospital authorities.