Kerala couple petitions CM, Union Home minister searching for probe into son’s mysterious dying

Express News Service

KASARAGOD: It was meant to be a brief street journey to Mangaluru and an in a single day keep for 4 shut mates. But after 4 days, considered one of them, Suryajith (19), returned residence in a coffin.

His household is just not discovering closure after the sudden dying principally as a result of the chums advised lies after lies — initially to get away from their properties after which “to prevent the families from panicking” when Suryajith fell sick.

Suryajith’s dad and mom Rameshan and Shobha of Molothumgal in Badadka now suspect the chums lied to cowl up one thing sinister that occurred in Mangaluru. They have written to Union residence minister Amit Shah, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Mangaluru police commissioner N Shashi Kumar, and Kasaragod collector Bhandari Swagat Ranveerchand and to Kasaragod police, Kerala Women’s Commission, the Congress, and the BJP searching for justice for his or her son.

In her petition, Shobha says she doesn’t have the monetary sources to unravel what occurred in Mangaluru and is searching for an intensive investigation into the matter. The New Indian Express spoke to the dad and mom and the chums to piece collectively what had occurred.

On September 1, Rahul (24), who works in Dubai and was residence for trip, determined to go to his school in Mangaluru to get his diploma certificates.

Rahul was joined by his mates Swaroop (24) and Mithun Nair (20), a BBA scholar in Mangaluru, and Suryajith (19), who was getting ready for his supplementary exams after he flunked two topics in Class 12. All of them are mates, neighbours, and members of the identical youth membership at Bedadka.

Around 2 pm, the 4 mates left Bedadka on two bikes. But Mithun lied to his dad and mom that he and Suryajith had been happening a practice as a result of his father had prohibited him from taking his bike to Mangaluru.

On reaching Mangaluru, they stayed in the home of their good friend Shakil, who works as a nurse in a personal clinic. They cooked hen and settled down for a night occasion. Around 8 pm, Suryajith spoke to his mom on the cellphone.

But he complained to his mates that he was having physique ache and feeling shivers. “We thought it was because of the ride in the rain. We all had a little body ache,” mentioned Swaroop. They partied and went to sleep.

The subsequent day, Suryajith spoke to his mom once more on the cellphone. “That was the last time she spoke to him,” mentioned his father Rameshan.

The mates had been alleged to return on September 2 however within the morning, Suryajith’s fever shot up and he began shivering, mentioned Swaroop and Mithun. “Shakil called his clinic and the doctor asked us to give him glucose water,” mentioned Swaroop.

They gave him glucose water and in addition bought him a hen biryani for lunch. “We thought biryani would give him some strength. But he threw up the food,” he mentioned.

That’s after they realised that Suryajith must be taken to a hospital. The first cease was at Shakil’s clinic. “There he was not allowing the nurses to administer the injection. His arms were shivering violently,” mentioned Swaroop.

The physician there suggested him to be shifted to a personal hospital. Rahul was with Suryajith and Swaroop and Mithun had been ready outdoors. “His mother was calling us relentlessly and we did not know what to say,” mentioned Swaroop.

The mom mentioned Suryajith’s cellphone was switched off after the morning dialog. “Then when I called, the friends said they were out shopping and Suryajith was alone in the room. Later, they said they were in the room and he went out to buy food,” Shobha mentioned.

Swaroop mentioned they had been mendacity as a result of they thought it was simply fever and two bottles of intravenous drips would get him again on his ft. “We did not want to panic the family,” he mentioned.

But quickly, the personal hospital beneficial that he be shifted to Father Muller Medical College within the metropolis. “In the first hospital, the doctors found there was blood clotting in the brain and gave an injection but the doctors at Father Muller diagnosed it as bleeding and not clotting,” mentioned Swaroop. “We think the wrong injection must have caused the damage,” he mentioned.

The docs at Father Muller additionally mentioned Suryajith’s platelet counts had been dangerously low, mentioned Swaroop.That’s when the chums first contacted his dad and mom. It was previous 10 pm on September 2. Rameshan and Shobha mentioned they had been advised that Suryajith was admitted to the hospital as a result of he had dengue fever.

The mates mentioned they didn’t point out dengue fever as a result of they didn’t know what was the issue. “The family might have guessed it was dengue fever because we told them that the platelet count was low,” Swaroop mentioned.

Rameshan mentioned he bought a name from the hospital round midnight searching for permission to shift Suryajith to the ventilator from the ICU. That’s when the household determined to go to Mangaluru. They reached the hospital round 3 am after which Suryajith was shifted to the ventilator. The subsequent day he died.

People’s representatives in Bedadka and oldsters of Swaroop and Mithun mentioned a postmortem must be carried out. “But I was not in a mental state to allow my son to be cut open and so I did not give permission for a postmortem,” mentioned Rameshan. But now, he felt he made a mistake.

At Father Muller hospital, Rameshan mentioned the chums gave Suryajith’s tackle as someplace in Ernakulam. “Also, they said they spent around Rs 37,000 in the private hospital where they took him first. But when we checked with the hospital, we found that they had spent only around Rs 2,000,” he mentioned.

Suryajith wore Bermuda shorts beneath his trousers and T-shirt beneath his shirt. “We did not get the shorts and T-shirt back. The shirt and the trousers were returned to us after a few days and they were washed and pressed,” Rameshan mentioned.

Mithun mentioned the primary hospital mentioned the lease could be Rs 37,000 if an ICU mattress was taken. “It must have been a communication error because we were all tense,” he mentioned. The Ernakulam tackle was given by Shakil to maintain the household out of it, he mentioned.

The shorts and T-shirt had been discarded after he vomited.”Some people in our village are saying he fell off the motorcycle. Some are saying he suffered a head injury. But there were no external injuries on the body. Else, the doctors would have mentioned them,” mentioned Swaroop. “We lied to keep the family away from tension but now our lies are haunting us,” he mentioned.