SHILLONG, May 28 NNN:A father who has been struggling to ensure his ailing siblings gets the required treatment to survive from a disease for sixteen years long today decided to knock on the door of the Court seeking its permission to commit-suicide.
Running out of resources, Abdul Rahim – a resident of Barapathar of Shillong announced this drastic decision to journalists at a news conference held here.
Rahim is living with his wife and five siblings. But the family has been going through depression and pain when three of their children were declared to have suffered from “Thalesemia” – a blood disorder disease.
Undergoing treatment at a Hospital in Guwahati, Assam, Rahim, a shoe merchant had to spend maximum about Rs 45, 000 a month for the regular blood transfusion for his children.
It is also learnt in order to get a 100 per cent cure for the disease, the family required to spend around 20 – 25 lakh rupees for each child.
The three children included 16 years old Sadik Ahmed, Suheil Ahmed (14) and their nine year old brother Mohamed Samim.
Over the years, Rahim has sold off his shoe factory at Anjalee, his shop at Bara Bazaar and land properties all for the treatment of his children.
Now, the father decided to make an appeal to the State High Court requesting it to grant him permission to commit suicide along with his three children.
“I can no longer see my children suffering. I have nothing left but to seek permission to take his children’s lives and commit suicide,” he told journalists here.
However, Rahim said that he would also make appeal to the government of Meghalaya and Assam to extend medical assistance to his children. According to him, if the government refused assistance then he would have no other option but to take the last resort.
Mentionably, Rahim though originally hails from Assam is a citizen of Meghalaya while his wife and siblings are settling in Nagaon district of Assam.
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