Kerala
Kerala: Father and Imam arrested after girl dies of fever
Kannur/IBNS: The Kerala Police has arrested an Imam and the father of an 11-year-old girl days after her death from fever, media reports said.
According to an NDTV report, 30-year-old Imam Mohammad Uwaiz convinced the sick girl's father to not seek medical treatment on religious grounds.
"We have a witness, a relative of the Imam, who has stated that the Imam was actively engaged in convincing the father against taking his daughter to the hospital. We also have the witness saying that the Imam has been involved in such instances earlier, and allegedly has links to deaths of 4 adults who were advised by him not to get medical help" Kannur District Police Chief Ilango R told NDTV.
The girl was suffering from fever but she was not taken to the hospital. Instead, she was taken to the Imam, who gave her holy water and asked her parents to read Quran, and advised them to not take her to the hospital, news agency ANI reported.
The brother of the girl's father approached the police nd in his statement, had said that three family members had also passed away in 2014, 2016, 2018 without getting any treatment, the news agency added.
Both the accused have been booked for homicide not amounting to murder under IPC, and the father has also been booked under Juvenile Justice Act. Further probe is underway, the NDTV report said.
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