Amid allegations that foreign bodies were thrust into her private parts, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the AIIMS to medically examine alleged Naxal sympathiser Soni Sori to treat her and ascertain the charges.
A Bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and J. Chelameswar asked the director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to render her all medical assistance and submit a report before July 10.
Ms. Sori has been accused by the police of receiving “protection money” from the Essar group.
She was arrested on October 4 in South Delhi by a Chhattisgarh police team and was taken to Dantewada for interrogation.
Essar has denied giving funds to Maoists.
“Set up special board”
The Supreme Court asked the AIIMS director to constitute a special medical board comprising the head of the Department of Gynaecology, an endocrinologist and a cardiac specialist, to look into the allegations and provide her adequate treatment.
The Bench passed the order after senior counsel Colin Gonsalves cited the latest report submitted by an advocate Sudha Bharadwaj that Ms. Sori was suffering from multiple health complications on account of the foreign particles thrust into her by the Chhattisgarh police.
In October 2011, a special team from a Kolkata hospital had submitted a report to the apex court stating that it had recovered a certain foreign particle from her body, but could not identify the reasons how it got embedded in her private part.
Work of vested interests: government
Counsel for Chhattisgarh government Atul Jha submitted that the entire allegation was being orchestrated by certain vested interests to malign the State police.
He submitted that Ms. Sori was produced before a judicial magistrate at least on a dozen occasions, but she never made even a whisper about the alleged torture.
