Swami Nigamananda died in June after beginning a fast on 19 February 2011 against illegal quarrying in the Ganga river bed. He fasted peacefully in Hardwar until April 27, when, as his health deteriorated, he was moved to the district hospital. There he slipped into a coma. He was then shifted to the Himalayan Institute Hospital near Dehradun. Baba Ramdev was hospitalised there at the same time, in the media glare, whereas Swami Nigamananda was hardly noticed. After Nigamananda’s death, presumably from his extended fast, his followers accused a doctor in the district hospital of giving him an injection which led him to slip into a coma. This was evidently done at the behest of a quarry crusher unit, that would have faced financial losses if the illegal quarrying was stopped.
There seems to have been enough substance in their charges for the CBI to take over the investigation. Now a case has been filed against a doctor and a quarry crusher owner. Will the truth ever be known? Will the illegal quarrying ever stop? Can any version of the Lokpal Bill help in such cases?
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