Quack doctor remanded in police custody for investigating Saba Noor's death

Dunya News

On Monday, a court remanded him for a day under police custody for further investigation.

KARACHI (Dunya News) – Police on Monday raided the clinic of a quack doctor namely Adnan – the accused responsible for the death of eight-year-old minor girl by administering her wrong injection in Karachi – and confiscated his fake degree.

Meanwhile, sections 468 [Forgery for purpose of cheating], 420 [Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property] and 471 [Using as genuine a forged document] of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) have been included in an FIR lodged against him.

On Monday, a court remanded him for a day under police custody for further investigation into the incident.

On Saturday, Saba Noor, the daughter of Zafar Iqbal, was brought to a private clinic, known as Adnan Clinic in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area, after she complained of chest congestion and shortness of breath.

She was rushed to a private hospital when she started suffering fits while the quack managed to flee from the spot. However, he passed away on the way.

Later, the minor’s dead body was transferred to the Jinnah Hospital.

The police, taking immediate action, arrested the doctor in a raid conducted late Saturday night, and registered the FIR against him under the Section 322 [murder charges] and Section 319 [unintentional murder] of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on the complaint of her father.