Chief Minister Barhet MLA representative Pankaj Mishra is suffering from insomnia. Mishra who is one of the prime accused in the illegal mining and money laundering case, is losing sleep these days. Mishra is undergoing treatment in Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP), Kanke but sources said that he is not able to sleep properly.

Insomnia is a common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep, or cause you to wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep. You may still feel tired when you wake up

Mishra has been sent to CIP for treatment where is undergoing treatment for drug addiction. Mishra remains restless here. Pankaj Mishra is addicted to Fortwin, a pain reliever and an anesthetic. Doctors are trying to rescue Mishra from this drug addiction.

Dr. Basudev Das, director of CIP, said Mishra was suffering from a pancreatic problem, was given medicine for pain relief, and he started consuming it several times a day. Gradually he got addicted to this medicine. Now it is not easy to quit this addiction. Without medicine Pankaj Mishra becomes restless and he can’t sleep.

Pankaj Mishra is being given replacement therapy so that he can easily quit the addiction of this drug. In this treatment, they are given a low potency drug. Doctors say that gradually its dose will be reduced. Right now he is able to sleep only with this medicine. If this is not given, then he stays awake all night.

Keep in mind that Pankaj Mishra was arrested on July 19 in the case of illegal mining and money laundering. He was admitted to the hospital after complaining of abdominal pain, pancreatic problem as well as drug addiction. Pankaj Mishra was discharged from RIMS on 30 November itself. He was not ready to come to CIP but with the help of Central Reserve Police Force, Pankaj Mishra has been shifted from RIMS to CIP.