HYDERABAD: Unidentified people assaulted a polio vaccination team administering polio drops to children in Heerabad Qureshi area of the city on Tuesday. Following the incident, the vaccination campaign in the area was suspended.
According to police, members of a family assaulted the polio team after they had an argument that their children were administered polio drops without their permission.
Polio officials Naveed, Kainat and Jannat claimed they had the family’s permission to administer the vaccine but were assaulted.
Following the incident, police arrived at the scene but the attackers had left. However, police detained two people, reported to be brothers of the main suspect, and were investigating the case after lodging a report on the complaint of the polio team.
The Emergency Operation Centre for Polio had launched on Monday an anti-polio campaign until Friday (November 3) in 21 districts/towns of Sindh. These districts include Karachi, Dadu, Ghotki, Jacobabad, Qambar Shahdadkot, Kashmore, Larkana, Shikarpur, Sukkur, Badin, Hyderabad, Khairpur, Matiari, Naushahro Feroze, Sanghar, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sujawal, Thatta and Jamshoro.
Published in Daily Times, November 1st 2017.