Ahmedabad: Revenge killing plays out in public hospital

AHMEDABAD: Two persons lost their lives from enmity that led to a murder followed by a revenge killing. Rameez Pathan, 37, was hacked to death by sharp-edged weapons near Jantanagar in Ramol on Sunday night. To avenge his death, a group of men led by Rameez’s associates brutally killed Aamir Shaikh, 30, on the premises of LG Hospital on Wednesday.
According to the FIR lodged by Rameez's father Amanullahkhan Pathan, a resident of Jantanagar in Ramol area, to settle an old enmity, Shamsher Shaikh and his men had attacked his son with sharp-edged weapons and baseball bats. Rameez was rushed to LG hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Police sources said that in retaliation to Rameez’s killing, his associates attacked Shamsher’s brother Aamir with sharp-edged weapons in Ramol. Aamir was also taken to LG hospital for treatment under police protection. However, the attackers entered the hospital and killed him. They overpowered the constable who was deployed to protect Aamir.
“While constable Mahendrasinh Nakum was held down by a heavily built man, on seeing the attackers Aamir ran into the CT scan department to save his life. However, the attackers followed and hit him with iron chairs and stabbed him to death. Maninagar police rushed to the spot and registered a case of murder,” said Vijay Rathod, ACP, J-Division.
The police have arrested one Avez Shaikh and are looking for others based on the hospital’s CCTV footage.
DCP, Zone -5, Akshayraj Makwana said that three complaints have been registered.
“A complaint regarding the murder of Rameez has been lodged while another complaint has been filed in connection to the subsequent attack on Aamir. A third one has been registered at Maninagar police station regarding Aamir’s murder within LG Hospital,” Makwana added.
Makwana said four persons have been arrested in connection to Rameez’s murder, including Shamsher Shaikh, Shahnawaz alias Shanu Pathan, Israr Pathan alias Dabang and one other accused.
ACP Rathod said that according to the complaint lodged by constable Nakum, when Aamir was being brought to LG Hospital for treatment, Rameez’s associates Nasirkhan Pathan, Avez Shaikh, Anwar Shaikh and two others attacked the victim on the hospital premises.
“A contractual employee of a housekeeping company hired by LG Hospital, Manoj Avasthi, has also been injured in the incident,” said ACP Rathod.
This is the second incident in which a cold-blooded murder has taken place inside LG Hospital. “In May 2011, one Balwant Kahar was stabbed to death in LG Hospital in a gang war,” said a police official.