Man rescued from Howrah bridge wants to join police
Dwaipayan Ghosh | TNN | Jan 18, 2019, 10:57 IST
Hemant Gogoi left for Guwahati with his mother on ThursdayKOLKATA: Dibrugarh resident Hemant Gogoi, who was found hanging precariously from the pedestrian railings of Howrah bridge on December 28, flew back home to Guwahati with his mother and cousin on Thursday. Promising all help to police officers whenever they visit Assam, the mechanical engineer expressed his desire to join the Kolkata Police or the West Bengal Fire Service, officials of the two agencies having saved his life.
Found hanging from the railings, police, disaster management and fire services officers took four painstaking hours to convince him not to jump off the bridge and finally rescued him. The next day, Gogoi was taken to Calcutta Pavlov Hospital after a court observed he needed medical attention. The final court order for his release came on Wednesday after his mother produced documents to prove her parenthood and Pavlov authorities said Gogoi was recovering well and that the prescribed medicines would cure him.
The police have finally learnt why Gogoi had acted that way. “After his discharge from Pavlov, Gogoi visited the North Port police station on Wednesday and he appeared to be filled with remorse. He told us he wanted to embark on a career in acting and that he was headed for Mumbai, where he hoped to land a job with the help of a close friend. But on reaching Howrah station, his friend told him he had no prospect in Mumbai and he should return home. That came as a blow to him,” said a Port Division officer. “But his mother told us he had taken to heavy drinking and even hallucinated at times. He had claimed he was mugged on train and stalked. We have no evidence.”
Speaking to TOI inside a Burrabazar hotel, Gogoi’s relatives said the 31-year-old engineer would have surely committed suicide had it not for one officer. “The officer told him he had the physique of a lion but his desperation to end his life could only be compared to that of a rat,” said his nephew, Utpal Gogoi.
“During his treatment, Gogoi told us his address and contact numbers of his mother and brother. We are happy we could reunite him with his family,” said Dr Srijit Ghosh, head of the psychiatry department at Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital. It was an emotional reunion last Friday, when the mother and son hugged each other and wept. Ghosh and other doctors found the youth suffering from delusion. He has been put on anti-psycotic drugs.
Found hanging from the railings, police, disaster management and fire services officers took four painstaking hours to convince him not to jump off the bridge and finally rescued him. The next day, Gogoi was taken to Calcutta Pavlov Hospital after a court observed he needed medical attention. The final court order for his release came on Wednesday after his mother produced documents to prove her parenthood and Pavlov authorities said Gogoi was recovering well and that the prescribed medicines would cure him.
The police have finally learnt why Gogoi had acted that way. “After his discharge from Pavlov, Gogoi visited the North Port police station on Wednesday and he appeared to be filled with remorse. He told us he wanted to embark on a career in acting and that he was headed for Mumbai, where he hoped to land a job with the help of a close friend. But on reaching Howrah station, his friend told him he had no prospect in Mumbai and he should return home. That came as a blow to him,” said a Port Division officer. “But his mother told us he had taken to heavy drinking and even hallucinated at times. He had claimed he was mugged on train and stalked. We have no evidence.”
Speaking to TOI inside a Burrabazar hotel, Gogoi’s relatives said the 31-year-old engineer would have surely committed suicide had it not for one officer. “The officer told him he had the physique of a lion but his desperation to end his life could only be compared to that of a rat,” said his nephew, Utpal Gogoi.
“During his treatment, Gogoi told us his address and contact numbers of his mother and brother. We are happy we could reunite him with his family,” said Dr Srijit Ghosh, head of the psychiatry department at Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital. It was an emotional reunion last Friday, when the mother and son hugged each other and wept. Ghosh and other doctors found the youth suffering from delusion. He has been put on anti-psycotic drugs.
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