Kashif Jameel was struck thrice. Brother Adeel Khan says two unidentified men on a bike, ambushed Jameel and shot him. Two bullets pierced his body and a third is stuck in his neck.
New Delhi: The younger brother of Kafeel Khan, the Gorakhpur-based doctor who was charged with the death of infants at a state-run hospital last year, was allegedly shot at by unidentified assailants late Sunday.
Kashif Jameel was returning from Gorakhnath on a bike when he was attacked. He suffered three bullet injuries and is admitted at the Star Hospital in Gorakhpur where he underwent surgery.
“Two bullets pierced and went through his body, the third one is still stuck in his neck,” Jameel’s brother Adeel Khan told ThePrint. “He looks stable now.”
The surgery which went on for two hours was successful.
Alleging harassment, Kafeel Khan told the media late night that even though the Medico-legal procedures were done at Sadar Hospital, the SSP was forcing the family for one more medico legal in Gorakhpur’s medical college by the board. “They have got huge force not letting us to go…Need to remove the bullet. It’s an emergency,” he said.
Two men, one wearing a helmet and the other with his face covered by a handkerchief, allegedly came on a bike, ambushed Jameel and shot him near the Gorakhnath temple, Adeel said.
“There was an attempt to kill my brother… “I always said they will try to kill us,” Kafeel said Sunday.
While details of the case remain hazy, it is clear the family had faced no threat before the attack.
“We can’t understand who it could’ve been since we never faced any threat,” Adeel said.
Kafeel was arrested in September last year during the investigations into the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy, in which 30 children died in 48 hours at BRD Medical College Hospital. Lack of oxygen supply was blamed for the deaths.
Kafeel was initially hailed as a hero for his reported efforts to arrange oxygen for the patients with his own money. He remained in prison for eight months, and was released on bail in April.