PESHAWAR: A patient in Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital claimed on Thursday that his relatives gouged out his eyes following a petty dispute over return of a borrowed mobile phone charger.

Akhtar Shah, 35, a resident of Kalpani area of Buner district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said that on Wednesday evening he went to one of his relative's home to take back a charger he had lent them, but they allegedly gouged out his eyes.

“When I asked them to return my mobile phone charger they became angry, abused me and then three of them started punching my eyes till I lost my eyesight," said Shah.

Soon after the incident, Akhter Shah's family rushed him to Lady Reading Hospital for treatment, where he is hopeful that doctors will be able to restore his eyesight.

The doctor treating Akhtar Shah told DawnNews that the patient reportedly lost his eyes during a fight and there is no cure available for such patients anywhere in the world, adding that the doctors are mulling 'other options'.

Anwar Zaman, a cousin of Akhtar Shah, who was the first to come to Shah's help, said he found Akhtar's eyes lying on the ground after the incident.

“We have reported the incident with the police, but they are reluctant to take action against the attackers because of their strong political affliction. We want justice,” said Zaman.