Published 19:02 IST, November 16th 2019
Tragic: Coimbatore accountant Anuradha's leg amputated after accident due to AIADMK flag
Anuradha Rajeshwari has been admitted to an ICU ward in a private hospital for five days since her accident and had her left limb amputated to avoid infection.
- India News
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30-year-old accountant Anudarha Rajeshwari who was seriously injured in an accident in Coimbatore after she tried to evade her bike from a leaning AIADMK flagpost has suffered the amputation of her left leg, after a passing lorry rode over her limbs. Rajeshwari has been admitted to an ICU ward in a private hospital for the last five days since her accident. According to her uncle Shivan, since the left leg of her was totally crushed, the doctors were left with no choice but to amputate it below the knee as the infection started spreading.
Family in distress
This will affect Anuradha's mobility for the rest of her life and even her right leg will take months to heal as it also had multiple fractures. She was the breadwinner of her family which has already spent around Rs 7 lakh for the treatment, out of which Rs 5 lakh will be covered under insurance. The situation is dire and the family has to resort to asking financial help from friends and relatives. Anuradha Rajeshwari used to work as an accountant in a city hotel.
FIR against lorry driver, not flagpost raisers
What's more striking is that the police after an investigation has filed an FIR only against the lorry driver who ran over the vehicle on Anuradha. No case or action has been taken yet against those responsible for erecting the AIADMK flagposts after taking permission from the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation. According to sources, the AIADMK flag posts were serially placed as decoration for the wedding function of AIADMK functionary Yoga Master Swami Bomivardhan. The posts were kept for a distance of 5 km each.
Madras HC's call fell on deaf ears
The Madras High Court had previously come down hard on the Tamil Nadu government over illegal hoardings. A day after a 23-year old woman techie came under the wheels of a water tanker after she fell down losing balance when an illegal hoarding crashed on her in a city suburb in September, the court asked if the government will take a firm stand against such unauthorised banners. It wondered how many more lives should be lost as a result of such banners, endangering the lives of people.
Updated 20:46 IST, November 16th 2019