References to health condition in bail plea
M. Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, who has been arraigned as an accused in the diplomatic channel gold smuggling case, submitted that he was taking follow-up treatment at a Kochi hospital for “suspected malignancy.”
References to the health condition of the former bureaucrat has found mention in the bail plea, which he submitted before the Economic Offences Court, Ernakulam, on Monday.
The petitioner submitted that he underwent a treatment at a hospital for “suspected malignancy and his life is under threat while he is undergoing imprisonment in the jail.”
Mr. Sivasankar said he could not get the documents as an application for getting them could not be submitted to the hospital. He said he was also undergoing treatment for his back pain since 2016.
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