Four Kohat doctors held for dereliction of duty

KOHAT: The police on Saturday arrested four doctors after a local court rejected their application for extension in the bail before arrest plea.

The police arrested the four accused doctors of the Liaqat Woman and Children Hospital, Kohat, including Dr Barkat Ali, Dr Raza Ali, Dr Abdul Haq and Dr Walidur Rehman from the court premises.

The doctors appeared in person before the Additional District and Sessions Judge Irshad Ahmad Khan for hearing to their plea for extension in bail before arrest.

The court turned down their application for extension in the protective bail and ordered their arrest.

It to mention here, that the accused had been nominated in a case for negligence in the line of duty and destroying the facts in a child sexual abuse case.

The accused had obtained a bail before arrest from the local court and were seeking extension in the bail.

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The News Sunday, November 15, 2015