Man seeks case against doctor for selling baby
Petitioner says doctor offered him Rs100,000 ‘compensation’.
Petitioner Muhammad Naeem submitted that Dr Rana Muhammad Asif had sold his daughter shortly after she was born and then offered him and his wife Rs100,000 to keep quiet about it. PHOTO: FILE
LAHORE:
An additional district and sessions judge has sought comments from the Shahdara Town station house officer (SHO) on a petition filed by a man seeking a case against a doctor for allegedly selling his newborn.
Petitioner Muhammad Naeem submitted that Dr Rana Muhammad Asif had sold his daughter shortly after she was born and then offered him and his wife Rs100,000 to keep quiet about it. He sought the court’s help for his daughter’s return.
The petitioner said that his wife Sana Naeem was admitted to the Rana Hospital Society Foundation near the Matches Factory on October 28 and gave birth to a baby girl. Dr Asif, he said, told them that the baby needed a blood transfusion and that there was a problem with her head.
The petitioner said that Dr Asif drove them to a place on Wandala Road where he met with a woman and handed her over their baby, saying that she would nurse the newborn and return her to the couple after three days.
But when they met the doctor again after three days, Naeem said, he started making excuses about why the baby had not been returned yet. He eventually admitted that he had sold their daughter, the petitioner said, and he offered them Rs100,000 to keep quiet about it.
The petitioner alleged that the doctor and his staff were “professional child-sellers” and they should be prosecuted. He said that he had approached the Shahdara Town SHO to lodge a complaint, but the officer refused to register a case. He asked the court to direct the SHO to register a case against Dr Asif and to recover his child.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2013.
An additional district and sessions judge has sought comments from the Shahdara Town station house officer (SHO) on a petition filed by a man seeking a case against a doctor for allegedly selling his newborn.
Petitioner Muhammad Naeem submitted that Dr Rana Muhammad Asif had sold his daughter shortly after she was born and then offered him and his wife Rs100,000 to keep quiet about it. He sought the court’s help for his daughter’s return.
The petitioner said that his wife Sana Naeem was admitted to the Rana Hospital Society Foundation near the Matches Factory on October 28 and gave birth to a baby girl. Dr Asif, he said, told them that the baby needed a blood transfusion and that there was a problem with her head.
The petitioner said that Dr Asif drove them to a place on Wandala Road where he met with a woman and handed her over their baby, saying that she would nurse the newborn and return her to the couple after three days.
But when they met the doctor again after three days, Naeem said, he started making excuses about why the baby had not been returned yet. He eventually admitted that he had sold their daughter, the petitioner said, and he offered them Rs100,000 to keep quiet about it.
The petitioner alleged that the doctor and his staff were “professional child-sellers” and they should be prosecuted. He said that he had approached the Shahdara Town SHO to lodge a complaint, but the officer refused to register a case. He asked the court to direct the SHO to register a case against Dr Asif and to recover his child.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2013.