Rescued Oz man dies at city hosp

Kolkata: Australian citizen Ashoke Chakravorty, who had been rescued by the police from a pavement of Ho Chi Minh Sarani and admitted to Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital around two-and-a-half months ago, passed away on Saturday morning. The 70-year-old was apparently separated from his wife (also of Indian origin) and had a daughter, who is a doctor. Both of them live in Australia.
Inquiries revealed that he had a small fortune in bank accounts. A few close friends, who reached out to him during his last days, said that he was a brilliant student and had worked with several banks before shifting to Australia.
“We traced his brother who made it clear that he won’t be able to travel to Kolkata to take charge of his mortal remains,” said Ambarish Nag Biswas, secretary, West Bengal Radio Club (WBRC), which went through a lot of trouble to trace Chakravorty’s family.
“We will have to wait for family members to take charge or assign somebody to perform the last rites,” a Kolkata Police officer said.