Clueless: A week on, no leads in kidnapped doctor case

Family say police nowhere near cracking case, police admit having no strong leads.

ISLAMABAD:

A week has passed since the abduction of Prof Dr Allaudin, head of the Paediatrics Department at Islamabad Medical and Dental College (IMDC), but the police are still groping in the dark.

Dr Allaudin, a resident of Doctors Town in PWD Society, Lohi Bher, was kidnapped from the Media Town by unknown persons seven days back.

The kidnapped doctor hails from Mianwali and has three sons with his wife, who is an assistant professor in the IMDC Radiology Department.

Talking to The Express Tribune, Allaudin’s brother-in-law Dr Fuad Niazi said the police have registered an FIR, but they are as clueless as they were seven days ago. Meanwhile, the family has not received any ransom calls.



He said Allaudin had no enmity with anyone and had never received any threatening calls or letters.

“He was a good person and never indulged in illegal activities,” Niazi said.

Sharing details, Niazi said that on June 10, Allaudin parked his car outside Doctors Town, where he resides.

He told the housing colony’s guards to keep an eye on his car while he went to the nearby Shafi International Hospital, where he used to practise in the evening.



“After that, no one knows about his whereabouts. When we contacted the hospital administration, they said he did not come in on that day,” he said.

IMDC Project Director Professor Khurshed Ahmad told The Express Tribune that Dr Allaudin was relaxed and acting normal when he left office on June 10.

Investigation Officer Zafar Iqbal said the police have obtained mobile data of the kidnapped doctor and one person — a friend of the doctor’s — has been interrogated.

“He is affiliated with Jamaat-e-Islami and has done social work. We are trying our level best, but so far we are clueless,” he said.

The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) has expressed anxiety and urged the police to recover him immediately. PIMA President Dr Misbahul Aziz said the kidnapping and killing of doctors in Pakistan has become commonplace and needs to be addressed.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 18^th, 2013.