NAROWAl: The Sialkot police on Sunday registered a case against 11 people, including doctors and nurses of a private hospital, who cut off a child’s organ while performing circumcision.

Muhammad Bilal, a resident of Kushny wali Kothy, a village on the outskirts of Sialkot, went to Ali Hussain Hospital, Ora Chowk, on May 15 to get his eight-month-old son Muhammad Muneeb circumcised.

Bilal said Dr Zameerul Hasan Naqvi, Sameer Habib, Muhammad Asim, Haris Khan, nurses Miss Soha, Miss Ramsha, Miss Zainab and four unidentified people persuaded him to get his some circumcised from the hospital.

He said the private hospital charged a fee of Rs30,000. Bilal said doctors and nurses took his son to the operating theatre. He said after a week, when the child’s wound did not heal, he came to know that the doctor and staff of the hospital had cut off his son’s organ.

Bilal said he got his son Muneeb, whose wound had worsened, admitted to the Children’s Hospital, Lahore, in a critical condition.

“After two months of treatment, now my son’s life is out of danger.”

Bilal said later he came to know that the doctor and nurses of the private hospital were not qualified.

Sialkot Saddar police have registered a case against 11 people who managed their escape.

Police spokesman Khurram Shehzad said raids were being conducted to arrest the suspects.

Rapist held: The police have arrested a man who sexually assaulted a deaf mute and mentally challenged girl.

Shopkeeper ‘S’ , a resident of Chandrake Rajputan, had complained to the police that his 18-year-old sister ‘Sa’ was mentally challenged. He said suspect ‘Wa’ had taken his sister to the drawing room of his house, allegedly assaulted her and managed his escape when the locals came there.

Narowal Saddar police have registered a case against the suspect on the complaint of the shopkeeper.

Police spokesman Aitzaz Bashir said two teams were formed to arrest the suspect. He said a team, led by Saddar Station House Officer Fayyaz Cheema, arrested the suspect.

Published in Dawn, July 20th, 2022