Ex- CMO injured in Pulwama attack Srinagar: A former health officer was injured after militants shot him from point blank range at Pulwama in south Kashmir this evening. Official sources told GNS that around 6:05 pm unknown gunmen opened fire on the private clinic of Dr Ghulam Qadir Sofi, former chief medical officer, of the district. “He sustained serious bullet injuries and was immediately rushed to nearby hospital where he was removed to Bone and Joint’s hospital Barazulla for specialized treatment,” sources said. A senior doctor in the district hospital who operated upon the injured said that the he received two bullet wounds one in his right leg and another in his hand. Meanwhile, army, CRPF and Special Operation Group (SOG) of police cordoned off the whole area and started searches to nab the assailants. Pertinently, the Doctor had placed under suspension by Omar Abdullah’s NC-led coalition government after he was caught on video while committing rape on a 30-year-old unemployed nurse at his office in 2010. Even the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had found him guilty, along with five other doctors, of fudging and fabricating evidences in alleged Shopain rape-cum-murder. But the state government had promoted Dr Sofi from the position of Deputy CMO to CMO and he continued his posting in Pulwama district. (GNS)
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 14:32:58 +0000
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