MIRPURKHAS: A lady health worker (LHW) and her colleague were beaten up allegedly by a drunken person here on Monday in Adam town.

Reports reaching here said that a polio-eradication campaign was launched on Monday in the morning. Many polio teams were visiting their respective areas to administer polio drops to children under five years of age when suddenly a person, reportedly in inebriated condition, attacked a polio team.

He beat two LHWs while issuing threats of ‘dire consequences’.

The situation led to panic in the area and immediately Mirpurkhas district health officer (DHO) Dr Anwer Ali Palari and police arrived at the scene. Victim Perveen Akhtar and her colleague Sitara informed the police and DHO about the whole episode.

Gharibabad police conducted a raid and arrested the suspect. On the complaint of Ms Akhtar, a case has been lodged against the male suspect.

Published in Dawn, March 7th, 2017