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 time of the
incidence, he was 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 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.
A 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 have drank beyond his limits and then faced
its ill-effects.
“We established contact with his friends in
Mumbai. They came to 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 Multi-
speciality Hospital said: “Around 3:15 am, around
seven to eight 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.
“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.”