A 28-year-old Nigerian has died
while undergoing treatment at
Inamdar Hospital, in India only a
few minutes after a group of
seven persons dropped him off
at the hospital, then fled the
scene.
According to PuneMirror, an
Indian news portal, the man
identified as Mbamara Chideara
Festus, normally stays in Nigeria,
but at the moment lives in
Mumbai.
A post-mortem conducted at
Sassoon General Hospital, said
Festus died of alcohol overdose
after a party at Hotel Shalimar,
Kondhwa.
After he fell unconscious, seven
of his friends — five men and
two women — dropped him off
at the hospital in a Swift and left
immediately. He was declared
dead minutes later.
A guard at the hospital noted
down the registration number of
the car and the Wanowrie police
managed to track it down in
Kondhwa. Senior police inspector
B D Mohite who is in charge of
Wanowrie police station said, “As
per primary information, Festus
is from Mumbai, and originally
from Nigeria.
His friends are students in
Mumbai, mostly from Nigeria as
well. They had all come to Pune
on Friday to attend a party at
Hotel Shalimar in Kondhwa. It
looks like he may drunk beyond
his limits and then faced its ill-
effects.”
Mohite added, “We established
contact with his friends in
Mumbai. They came Pune in two
separate cars at the invitation of
one of their friends here. While
partying, Festus suddenly
collapsed.
One of his friends, identified as
Chukwuma took him to the
hospital, along with six others.
While treating him, doctors
declared him dead. On hearing
this, his friends panicked,
thinking they might get into
trouble with the police, especially
since they did not have their
passports with them. They left
the hospital at once and got in
touch with us only after they got
back to Mumbai.”
Mohite further said that, as per
the post-mortem report, Festus
had no external or internal
injuries. The report states that
the details of the cause of death
have been kept confidential.
“However it is part of the
investigation as to whether any
other narcotic substances were
used,” Mohite said.
Sunil Date, administrative officer,
Inamdar Multispeciality Hospital
said, “Around 3:15 am, around 7
to 8 people came in two cars.
They took the patient to the
Casualties ward, then left in a
hurry. He was in a very bad state.
When doctors took him and
checked his ECG, they found he
was already dead.”
Date added, “Our security guards
chased the car and noted the
registration number, which we
then handed over to the police.
Since the death occurred before
we could treat him, we do not
know the exact cause. We have
already given the police CDs of
our CCV footage to help them in
their investigation.”