Srinagar : Not accepting the police claims that Dr Sheikh Jalal Ud Din was not the
target of ‘militants’, the family of Dr. Sheikh Jalal is still
apprehensive of possible attack on the ailing doctor. The family
according to sources has decided to take him out of state for further
treatment apparently because of ‘security reasons’.
Meanwhile, an air ambulance has been arranged to carry Dr Sheikh Jalal for specialized treatment at AIIMS Delhi today.
Comparatively stable after being operated second time on Friday, doctors are hopeful of his survival.
The doctors treating Dr Sheikh Jalal said he is responding to medication and is stable.
“Dr Sheikh Jalal is stable but his family wants to take him outside for security reasons,” said a doctor wishing not to be named.
“They fear for another possible attack on the doctor,” he added. Dr Sheikh Jalal, a renowned cardiologist and former director of SKIMS was shot
along with his two personal security guards by some unidentified person
at his ancestral home in Namlabal Pampore. Police claims attack was
carried out by militants. The two guards later succumbed to their
injuries leaving Dr Sheikh Jalal critically wounded. He was rushed to
SKIMS where he is being treated presently.
Immediately after
the incident, a team of experts at SKIMS operated upon his brain and
abdomen, but he is said to have lost his left eye as bullet has pierced
the eye. According to doctors they are not sure whether he would be able
to see with his right eye.
The preliminary report of police
investigation hinted that Dr Sheikh Jalal was not the target of the militant
attack, but it was aimed at his security guards. The two policemen were
killed in the attack and the rifle of one of them was snatched.
“It seems that Dr Sheikh Jalal became collateral damage,” said a police
officer. “We are investigating whether it was a chance encounter or
not,” he added.
