Jail authorities request medical examination of alleged drug queenpin Anmol over kidney pain

KARACHI: The Central jail authorities on Tuesday requested Civil Hospital Karachi to depute a medical team for the examination of alleged drug queenpin Anmol alias Pinky following complaints of kidney issues.

In an application dated May 26, the jail superintendent requested that a medical team be deputed for the prisoner after she was recommended for further evaluation following an initial medical examination at the prison clinic on May 23.

“Her ultrasound findings were: an echogenic area seen in one kidney at the lower pole, likely suggestive of a benign ileology (angiomyolipoma),” the application read. The examining physician advised a “re-scan with proper fasting, along with further work-up and laboratory tests.”

It also added that the accused needs a gallbladder evaluation for calculi (kidney stones) as well, directing that she be sent to the Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation (SIUT).

However, the jail administration maintained that, given the prisoner’s “high-profile” status, transporting her to the hospital from jail premises may pose security challenges and potential untoward incidents.

The superintendent concluded that the accused cannot be moved due to “the extraordinary security risks attached with her movement”.

As a result, the jail superintendent requested that a necessary medical examination be arranged for the accused within the prison or “through a [specially] constituted medical board under secure custody arrangements”.

South Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Syed Asad Raza also confirmed to Dawn that the police had requested treatment inside the prison premises.

Last week, the alleged drug queenpin was sent to jail on a 14-day judicial remand in multiple narcotics cases and a murder case.

Anmol was arrested earlier this month in Karachi in connection with two cases pertaining to the possession of narcotics and an unlicensed weapon. She had already been booked in multiple criminal cases prior to her arrest, taking the number of cases active against her to over a dozen.