The doctor who is a front-line COVID warrior has suffered severe bone injuries: CMO Budgam
Budgam: A doctor was allegedly beaten by the armed forces in Chadoora town of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday morning, while he on his way to the hospital.
The victim, Dr Muzaffar Ahmed, who is an Epidemiologist, said that he was waiting for the public conveyance, when in Chadoora market, he was stopped at a barricade by CRPF personnel.
“Despite revealing my identity, the troopers hit me with batons, dragged me on the road, kicked my chest. It was only after the intervention of locals that they left me and I was rushed to District Hospital Budgam. I have suffered bone injuries,” he said.
The Chief Medical Officer has registered a complaint before District Development Commissioner Budgam. “I have written to SSP Budgam as well and this won’t be tolerated anymore,” CMO Budgam, Dr Tajamul Hussain Khan said.
Dr Tajamul said that these troopers are overruling the directions of Police Chief Dilbagh Singh who has directed them not to stop any health worker. “The unfortunate part is that we can’t go for even a strike as the situation doesn’t allow us. It was sheer barbarism on part of troopers who even didn’t spare a renowned Epidemiologist like Dr Muzaffar,” Dr Tajamul.
He said he has met District Development Commissioner and will also bring the matter into the notice of SSP Budgam. “This hooliganism won’t be tolerated and I am going to lodge an FIR against these CRPF personnel.”
Chief Medical Officer said that the victim doctor who according to him is a front line Covid warrior has suffered severe bone injuries and is admitted at District Hospital Budgam.
“I condemn this barbaric attack and whole medical fraternity demands action against these unbridled troopers,” he said.
When contacted, Spokesperson CRPF, Pankaj Singh said that the area is a containment zone after a fresh positive case was reported there. “The Doctor was not touched. There was some argument after that the matter was resolved amicably.”
SSP Budgam Amod Nagpure has said that he will ‘look into the matter’.
This is not the first time doctors have been harassed by the armed forces.
Recently Doctors in Kashmir protested against the harassment of their colleagues by police, by assembling in the premises of a Super Speciality Hospital here and holding placards.
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) had also announced black-band protest across Jammu and Kashmir following recent incidents in which doctors were allegedly “manhandled, harassed and not allowed to reach their duties amid Covid-19 outbreak.”
President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik had said in a statement said that in the past 48 hours, three doctors who were on their duty were “harassed and manhandled” by police.
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