A doctor at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research in Chandigarh (PGIMER) allegedly told a patient from Kashmir that he " throws stones at our security forces in the Valley and come here to seek treatment,”.
The discriminatory attack is under probe now after the patient's family leveled allegations.
Javaid Ahmad Malik, a resident of Srinagar took his mother to the neurosurgery department at PGIMER to get treated for Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysm, said a report by the Indian Express.
According to the report, Malik's mother Nasreena was suggested to visit PGIMER by doctors in the valley. However, after the doctor saw the prescription cards of hospitals in Kashmir, he threw them away and allegedly said “Aap wahan hamare sena par pathar maarte ho aur yahan elaaj karane aate ho (you throw stones at our security forces there, and come here for treatment)”.
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Tensions in Kashmir were aggravated with incidents of stone throwing by mostly the local youth on Indian Armed Forces. Clashes between protestors and armed forces has taken a toll on many lives. The tension had spilled over to other parts of the country with Kashmiri students in many parts of the country being threatened by local politicians to go back. Posters and hoardings had sprung up in parts of Uttar Pradesh threatening Kashmiris with dire consequences.
Early this year, the army chief General Bipin Rawat too made an angry statement accusing the "local population" of Kashmir which he says is preventing the army from doing its work and “at times even supporting the terrorists to escape”.
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The war of videos too has contributed to the tension. Last month, just a day after a video surfaced showing CRPF men returning from election duty being heckled and kicked, another video surfaced online where a Kashmiri youth appears to be tied to an army jeep apparently as a human shield against stone pelters.
The youth treated as a human shied was identified as a tailor and refuted claims that he is a stone pelter.
