Brother of BRD Medical college tragedy accused doctor shot three times

Brother of Dr. Kafeel Khan was allegedly shot at by some unidentified bike-borne miscreants in Gorakhpur late Sunday night. Kashif Jameel, 34, is a businessman.

"Around 11 pm, in the Humayunpur north area near the JP hospital, some bike-borne miscreants shot at Kashif Jameel. He sustained injuries on his right upper arm, neck and chin," Kotwali police station Inspector Ghanshyam Tiwari said.

Khan was immideatly rushed to a private nursing home where he underwent an emergency surgery to get the bullet removed from his neck. Kashif was later moved to the BRD medical college and hospital where he will be kept under observation.



Dr. Kafeel Khan was quoted by the ANI saying, "A case has not been registered yet as police are waiting for his health to improve so he can tell what actually happened. He was shot just 500 meters away from CM residence, last night."

According to the Police the incident took place when Jameel on his way home.

"He is recovering right now & we are waiting for a written complaint from the family," Shalabh Mathur, SSP Gorakhpur told ANI.

Dr. Kafeel Khan, who was accused in BRD medical college tragedy, where 63 children died due to negligence of the authorities. Khan got out on bail in April after spending 8 months in prison. After the incident he took to social media expressing shock over the incident.