Mustafa Dossa neglected by jail officials, say inmates

Even as court sources said that the court had always ensured that Dossa was provided all necessary medical assistance during the entire trial phase, and he was even granted permission for home-cooked food, Arthur Road jail inmates claimed on Wednesday that Dossa was neglected by jail officials, which led to his death.

“On Tuesday, when Dossa was produced in court, he had chest pain. After the hearing, Dossa informed jail officials that he was feeling uneasy and asked to be taken to JJ Hospital. Jail authorities, however, told him that they would provide him medical assistance at the jail. He had severe chest and stomach pain and was vomiting continuously in the barrack. Despite this, there was no medical assistance provided till 11 pm. It was only then that two medical officials attended to him and gave him few tablets. However at 1 am, when the jail authorities found him in bad shape, he was moved to the hospital,” a jail inmate claimed.