Injured Godil regains consciousness in hospital

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, Rashid Godil, who has been under treatment at a local hospital after suffering multiple bullet wounds in an armed attack six days ago has regained consciousness.
Rashid Godil has recorded his initial statement to the police officials who had visited him on Sunday, according to Geo News.
However, in a talk with The News, DIG East Munir Sheikh said police officials had simply called on Godil and no official statement was recorded. He said the visit made it clear that Godil was still in no condition to record his official version of the attack.
“All he told us is that he had left his DHA residence and was heading to Bahadurabad when he came under attack. He said he was in the passenger seat at the time of the attack and all he remembers is the injured driver trying to check up on his condition,” said Sheikh.
He told the police that neither could he see the assailants nor did he know how many of them attacked him. Godil also asked the police officials about the progress of their ongoing investigation into the attack in which his driver lost his life.
The policemen congratulated the MQM leader on surviving the attack and recovery. The cops asked him about the statement Godil had issued only days before the assault that there could be an attack on his life. Godil replied that he had passed that remark as a joke.
Earlier, hospital administration said the decision to shift the lawmaker from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) would be taken on Monday after monitoring his condition.
Meanwhile, police officials also told The News that Godil’s son had submitted a request to the provincial and federal governments to have his father transferred to the United States for further medical treatment.