Suhail Dar
The family of a poor street vendor from Anantnag town has accused a medical shopkeeper of the death of their kin by injecting a high dosage injection.
Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, the family member of 32-year-old Irfan Ahmed Bhat son of Ghulam Nabi Bhat, a resident of Kha Bazar at Janglat Mandi in Anantnag said that Irfan approached a local medical shop after he complained of health issues on 27 January 2023.
“He was complaining of throat irritation, after which he approached one Medical shop (Rehmani Medical Store) located at Jangaltmandi, where the medical shopkeeper injected him high dose injection without a test dose, due to the high dose injection he fell unconscious,” his family members said.
They said that the accused brought him to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Survived by a minor daughter, wife and a mentally unsound sister, Irfan was vending fruits in the main town of Anantnag and was the sole bread earner to his family.
Moments before he breathed his last, Irfan had gone to his brother who also sells fruits in the Anantnag main town where he paid 3500 rupees to his brother and asked him to clear his (Irfan’s) electricity and water bill to avoid a disconnection of the essential services.
“He told his brother that he had to go to his in-laws for a ceremonial dinner after which he straightaway headed to is home in Janglat Mandi. He stopped his auto near the medical store where the shopkeeper gave him an injection,” the family members said.
Within few moments, Irfan fell unconscious after which the medical shopkeeper rushed him to the hospital, where an autopsy was conducted on the deceased Irfan Ahmed. The accused ran away from the hospital and has been absconding.
Appealing the officials to intervene into the matter, the family said that the shop should be shut down and others who give injections without prescriptions should be strongly dealt with.
The Jammu Kashmir Police meanwhile have registered an FIR number 44/ 2023 under the section 304-A of the Indian Penal Code at the concerned Police station and launched an investigation into the matter.