Senior Interventional Cardiologist thrashed by police officer, detained in Srinagar

Srinagar - A senior cardiologist of SHMS hospital alleged that he was thrashed and lodged in a police station for several hours after being stopped by police while he was on way to hospital in the summer capital, Srinagar.

Meanwhile, Doctors Association of Kashmir (DAK), while condemning the thrashing of the doctor, said that strict action should be taken against the police personnel responsible for the incident so that no such events are repeated.

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Dr Syed Maqbool, who is interventional cardiologist at SHMS hospital, Srinagar, also alleged that he was threatened that he would be stripped naked and ruthlessly thrashed if he continued his appeal to be releasedSh from Zadibal Police station in downtown Srinagar on Saturday.

"You doctors are thieves indulged only in selling duplicate medicines and taking commissions. You people are good for nothing, this government is mad, what all is being done is done by police," this according to the doctor was told to him by the Station House Officer (SHO) of Zadibal Police Station while he was detained there for several hours.

Giving details, Dr Maqbool said, "On May 23 morning while I was crossing the Hawal chowk towards my hospital for my duties (on this day I was the cardiologist on call for SMHS and all associated hospitals). I was stopped by a constable and asked to turn back and go through some other way despite showing him my I-card/duty roaster and the big plus mark on my car."

"I requested him to allow me as I was already getting late due to traffic jam there. However, he started abusing me and said that it doesn't matter if I was a doctor," he alleged.

Dr Maqbool said after this, he came down of the vehicle and asked to speak to a senior officer hoping that he would understand. "But, he (Constable) hit my belly with his baton and in the mean time the SHO came running and dragged me to the police station," he alleged.

The doctor said as soon as he entered the police station, the SHO snatched his phone and I-card. "I repeated requests him to call my Head of the Department (HOD), SHMS and GMC Principle as I was on call and had to deal with all emergencies. To this he replied that let the patients and hospital go to hell, I don't care. You doctors are thieves indulged only in selling duplicate medicines and taking commissions. You people are good for nothing, this government is mad, what all is being done is done by police," he further alleged.

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