KOHAT: Five persons, including two teenaged girls, were killed in separate incidents here on Tuesday.

In Junglekhel, two accused allegedly killed a man in name of honour and fled the scene.

A sister of the deceased told police that the accused killed his brother for having an affair with a girl of their family. The body was shifted to KDA teaching hospital.

In another incident, an oil tanker hit a motorcycle on the Indus Highway, killing the driver named Abdul Basit and injuring Irfanullah, both from Dhodha Sharif. The driver fled the scene.

The Jarma police registered case against the driver on the complaint of wounded Irfanullah.

In Niri Banda area of Shakardarra, an 18-year-old girl hanged herself in her house over unknown reasons. The police started investigations by initially terming it a case of suicide.

In a similar incident in Gulabad, a 16-year-old girl hanged herself with ceiling fan in her room. The father of the deceased told police that he wanted her to marry a boy against her will due to which she committed suicide.

In the third case of suicide, a young man committed suicide in Tanda Dam area. The victim was named Mohammad Irfan, 31.

The cantonment police shifted the body to KDA hospital for autopsy and launched investigations after registration of case.

DOCTORS’ RACKET: The people have demanded action against a racket of doctors for allegedly being involved in attestation of fitness certificates required for getting driving licence and medical bills on payment of illegal gratification.

The racket is also alleged to have fixed their commission for attesting medical bills of the officials working in government and private organisations.

One Rehmat Elahi said a few days back he went to the emergency of Old Liaquat Memorial Hospital, now women and children hospital, for having his medical fitness form attested by a doctor. He alleged the said doctor charged Rs400 from each person for signing and stamping the forms.

An owner of a medical store behind the hospital wishing not be named said he had link with doctors who prescribed medicines which were only available at his shop. He said the doctors had also fixed commission with the medical companies and representatives.

These practices are also rampant at the KDA teaching hospital. An official at the hospital, Rashid Bokhari, told Dawn the doctors charged 15 to 25 per cent on medical bills and prescribed medicines of companies with whom they had fixed commission. He said both senior and junior doctors were involved in the racket.

The members of civil society have demanded of the authorities to take steps to curb the illegal practice.

Published in Dawn, October 11th, 2017