By IANS,
Lucknow : Amit Jain, a youth in Uttar Pradesh who once aspired to become a globetrotter, has been confined to a room for the last 20 years due to a severe spinal injury. He longs for death, but has promised himself he will not commit suicide. So, Jain has requested the president to allow him to die through euthanasia.
“I can commit suicide but it’s a coward’s job. Therefore, I have pleaded to the president to accept my euthanasia application and get me killed in a respectable manner,” said Jain, 33, a resident of Khatauli town in Muzaffarnagar district, some 350 km from Lucknow.
After the death of his parents, Jain was deserted by his three brothers and now is completely dependent on his married sister Bina, who has exhausted all her resources in trying to treat her brother. “Like me, she (Jain’s sister) has also become helpless in a way. Although she did her best to get me treated, there has been no improvement in my condition,” said Jain.
“When my parents were alive, they managed to get nearly Rs.3 lakh by selling their valuable items to get me admitted to the Pant Hospital in Delhi. I underwent a surgery, but it turned out to be unsuccessful,” he said.
After this, Bina made umpteen appeals for financial help from several social organisations for the treatment of her brother, but to no avail. “All such appeals failed to make any impact or move anyone. Feeling utterly helpless, therefore I wrote to the president, prime minister, chief minister and the Human Rights Commission to get me killed by euthanasia,” he said.
In 1989 Jain’s life changed forever when he was trampled in a stampede during a religious function organised in his native town.