Brutality in name of jaundice cure
A mobile court fined a fake kabiraj and his son in Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj on Friday on charge of treating a jaundice patient in a brutal way.
The court, led by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Alimul Rajib, fined Abdur Rashid alias Kakila Baba Tk 3 lakh, in default to suffer three years' imprisonment.
The accused injured a part of a patient's head with a boti and rubbed sindur and herbal medicines on the wound in the name of treating jaundice.
“This is an absolutely inhuman method of treatment. It is superstition and there is no scientific basis for such treatment,” Alimul said over phone.
Locals said Kakila Baba lives in a rented house near Baghabari river port. Many jaundice patients from Pabna, Sirajganj and adjoining districts go to him for treatment, they added.
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