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Sunday, May 18, 2008
The two robbers lynched by a mob at Five Star Roundabout were not only burnt terribly, they also arrived at the hospital very late. As a result, Danish, the younger one of the two died during treatment.
This was stated by Medico-Legal Officer (MLO), Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK), Dr Nisar Ali Shah, who added that the two robbers were filed in CHK under ML number 2324/08 and 2325/08, and were brought to the hospital after a two-and-a-half-hour delay.
For a second incident this week, a mob set fire on two dacoits. The two accused had made an attempt to loot a bus.
The two dacoits, Danish (25), and Imran (35) s/o Iqbal, tried to hold up a route W-25 bus coming from Orangi Town, when in an unexpected move, the passengers took over and started beating them up as they left the bus. Not satisfied with the manhandling of the two dacoits, instead of handing them over to the area police, they sprinkled petrol over the two and set them on fire.
Police Constable Altaf and Assistant Sub-Inspector Khalid who attempted to get things under control, were also severely beaten up in the process and eventually the four were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH).
Shah explained that they were eventually brought to the CHK as ASH did not have a burns ward.
Danish’s cause of death is confirmed as an acute head injury leading to cardio-respiratory failure. Dr Nisar explains he had 43 per cent burns, mostly covering his chest and torso, while Imran who had 38 per cent burns was taken to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Burns Centre.
“This is the second time in this week, that I have received a case where the mob has set criminals on fire. The incident at Ranchore Lane was also handled by me, and although I know that holding up anyone is condemnable, the act by the public was even worse,” he says. “It is utterly inhuman.”
Strangely enough neither of the families have contacted the hospital or the police, and as none of his relatives came to own him, his body was sent to the Edhi Morgue at Sohrab Goth.
Workers at the Edhi Morgue told The News that, although the body had been brought in, no one had come to identify or own Danish’s body.
The SHO of Shahrah-e-Noor Jehan, Inspector Adam Hayat, said that the incident was started by certain people who had told the public that the two dacoits were dangerous criminals and had shot two little girls earlier. At this the public was further provoked and thus the violence started.
“We eventually managed to get the situation under control. Our officers were also injured but thankfully they have not been in a serious condition,” he said.
The media was not allowed inside the Burns Centre to seek further details as Imran was admitted in the ICU and no journalists were allowed without permission from the Medical Superintendent, CHK, who could not be contacted at that time.
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