KARACHI: An under-trial prisoner (UTP) escaped from the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) on Saturday, police said.

DIG-South Syed Asad Raza said that UTP Agha Salman was brought at the health facility in a prison van by the staff of District Jail Malir for treatment at the JPMC.

He said he went to the washroom in front of the Rangoolwala Building at the JPMC, from where he managed to flee.

The officer said he was booked in two cases registered in Karachi and Rawalpindi.

Shah Latif Town SHO Mumtaz Marwat said the escaped UTP was arrested in a quarrel case. However, he was involved in a murder case in Rawalpindi and a court had also declared him an absconder, he added.

Doctor booked for manslaughter

A doctor and the staff of his clinic were booked in a manslaughter case after the death of three-year-old girl in Mehmoodabad, police said on Saturday.

They said that the girl’s father, Gul Muhammad, lodged an FIR against Dr Riaz Ahmed and others under Section 322 (punishment for qatl-bis-sabab) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

The complainant told the police that he took his three-year-old daughter for treatment at a clinic in Akhtar Colony on November 12. He said they returned home after she was administered an injection. However, her condition deteriorated and he took her to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where doctors informed him that she was injected a high dose. Later, she died at the hospital, he added.

Meanwhile, Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed told Dawn that the family did not allow doctors to conduct a post-mortem examination as they took away the body without completing required formalities.

Published in Dawn, November 17th, 2024