TOBA TEK SINGH: Batala Colony police registered a murder case against six persons, including a woman posing as a doctor and her five accomplices in Faisalabad. Police arrested two of the suspects.
Reports said a woman and her newborn baby allegedly died due to the negligence of a quack in Faisalabad on Saturday, prompting the deceased woman’s relatives to stage a protest outside a private facility, Abdul Shakoor Trust Hospital, located on Hilal Road near the sewerage water disposal station.
The protesters demanded the arrest of the quack and hospital staff allegedly involved in the incident.
According to the first information report registered under Section 322 of the Pakistan Penal Code, complainant Basharat Ali, a resident of Gulshan Ali Town, stated that he had taken his pregnant sister, Hira Bibi (29), to the hospital for delivery.
He alleged that after an initial examination, hospital staff informed the family that a lady doctor would soon arrive to perform a caesarean section.However, a woman identified as Dr Abida allegedly administered an injection to Hira Bibi, after which she lost consciousness.
The complainant further alleged that instead of providing medical treatment, Abida Sarwar and her accomplices shifted the unconscious woman out of the hospital on a stretcher. The family then took her to Allied Hospital, where doctors informed them that she had already died.
Police said Hira Bibi’s baby also could not survive.
Batala Colony police arrested Abida Sarwar and her alleged accomplice Muhammad Imran, while raids were underway to apprehend the remaining suspects.
COUPLE HELD: In the gruesome murder case of two siblings, Bachiana police in Jaranwala tehsil arrested a man and his wife on Saturday.
A police spokesperson said deceased girl Fatima was the daughter of the arrested couple, Nusrat Bibi and Muhammad Arshad, while deceased boy Wasif was the son of Nusrat Bibi from her first marriage.
Police said the children had left the couple’s house due to alleged tortureand had started living with Wasif’s father. The accused couple allegedly murdered both children on May 21.
Police also arrested an alleged accomplice, Naseer Ahmad.
ACCIDENTS: A woman died and twoothers sustained serious injuries after a speeding car hit their motorcycle on Kot IslamMahrambara Road in Kabirwala tehsil of Khanewal on Saturday.
According to Rescue 1122, the deceased was identified as Iqbal Bibi (45), while the injured were Nazir Ahmad (50) and Ghulam Abbas (53).
The injured were shifted to THQ Hospital Kabirwala.
Meanwhile, six people were injured when a mini-truck overturned near Chak 9 Dogra Wala on Shanti Nagar Road in Khanewal on Saturday night.
Rescue 1122 said the accident occurred due toan uneven under-construction road.
The injured were identified as Yasin (45), Mukhtiar (40), Shaban (30), Ahmed (25), Hassan (20) and Shahbaz (30). All were shifted to DHQ Hospital for treatment.