"We were not friends. Initially, when we come here, we do not get hostels, so the resident doctors usually rent a flat. I never heard the names of Dr Shaheen or Dr Parvez from him. He told me his father was a cancer patient. There was no change in his behaviour (after the blast). I got th
"He stayed here for less than a month. No one used to meet him. Two boys used to stay here- Abhishek and Arif. Abhishek introduced Arif, stating that he is my partner and a doctor in the cardiology department. A team of four people arrived and began to open the lock of Arif's room. My son
"His (Arif's) address listed in our records is in J&K. He was living on rent in Ashok Nagar, near Fatima School, Kanpur, because hostel facilities were unavailable in the early days. All the students were renting accommodation outside. His conduct was good, and there was no sign of hi
Gyanendra Kumar, Chief Medical Staff (CMS) at LPS Institute of Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery in Kanpur, told ANI that Dr Arif, a first-year cardiology student from Anantnag in Kashmir, was called in for questioning yesterday evening. He said that the administration here remains unaware