Attack on doctor protested

15 May 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

More than 200 doctors staged a sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city for two hours yesterday protesting the attack on Dr AKM Rafiquddin by unknown criminals. Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), Bangladesh Society of Medicine (BSM), Association of Physicians of Bangladesh (APB) and Dhaka Medical College Teachers' Association jointly organised the protest. The criminals abducted Dr Rafiquddin from his Dhanmondi chamber on May 9, took him to Dhaka University area and beat him up before releasing him the same day. They also demanded Tk 10 lakh from him. This incident is a threat to doctors' community, said Dr Abdur Rauf Sardar, vice-chairman of BMA. The criminals filed a false case only to protect themselves, said Prof Dr Kazi Din Mohammad, principal of Dhaka Medical College. The demonstrators said that if no action is taken against the criminals by May 22, they would form a human chain at Shahbagh on May 23 and the chambers of all specialist doctors in the city will remain closed on May 24.