In yet another move reflecting systemic discrimination against Muslim professionals, India’s National Medical Commission (NMC) has removed the names of four doctors, three from Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and one from Lucknow, from the National Medical Register.
The doctors, Dr Muzaffar Ahmad, Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather, Dr Muzamil Shakeel, Dr Shaheen Saeed, have been barred from practising medicine or holding any medical appointment anywhere in India with immediate effect. They were falsely implicated under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the Delhi blast case. Three of the doctors are currently in custody.
The arrests follows police claims of a huge explosives recovery on November 10, and accusations that the doctors were involved the Delhi’s Red Fort blast the same day. A total of eight Kashmiris, including doctors and students, have so far been arrested in what rights groups describe as a fabricated and politically motivated case.
