Congress president Sonia Gandhi has sought action on eight-year old Aman Khan's death and has expressed concern at Kanpur boy's death, sources have told. She has even asked party MP Sriprakash Jaiswal to visit the family.
In a letter to Sonia Gandhi, Aman's mother had stated that roads had been blocked for the PM's visit to IIT-Kanpur. She claims the diversion turned what should have been a five-minute journey to a hospital a kilometer away into a one-hour drive.
The family of the child who died in Kanpur earlier this month has blamed the Prime Minister's security for causing delays that they believed were fatal.
The family of a child who died in Kanpur earlier this month has blamed the Prime Minister's security for causing delays that they believed were fatal.
Eight-year-old Aman Khan was in a car with his parents on July 3. He had serious head injuries from an accident at home.
"They did not let us pass. Don't know who was there, the SSP or the commissioner ....they said the PM's security cannot be breached. I said 'My son is injured badly...he desperately needs first aid...there is excessive bleeding and he is still conscious...he needs oxygen.' But they did not let us pass through," says Aman's father, Tasuddan Hussain.
In November last year, the family of a kidney patient from Ambala alleged that delays caused by security for the PM prevented them from reaching the emergency care section of a Chandigarh hospital being visited by the Prime Minister. In a letter of apology, the Prime Minister had said he would prevent a repeat of the tragedy.
