Duty doctor assaulted, threatened to kill for denying access to COVID casualty ward, 3 booked

Bangalore: A doctor on COVID duty at a Thindlu-based private hospital was assaulted by three men for not letting them enter the COVID casualty ward. The trio allegedly started beating up the doctor and pulled out a dagger and threatened to murder him.
The pharmacist of the hospital came to the aid of the doctor and got assaulted as well. One of the three friends allegedly pulled out a dagger to threaten the on-duty doctor.
While one of the three men has been identified as one Masood, the rest of the two are unknown yet. Although the three accused are on the run, the Kodigehalli police have booked the trio under the Karnataka Prohibition of Violence Against Medicare Service Personnel and Damage to Property in Medicare Service Institutions Act, and also under The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, for alleged criminal assault and intimidation.
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