MP: Doctor, attendant allegedly assaulted by Cop in inebriated state
The constable had to wait as the senior doctor was held up with another patient and it enraged the constable who after that slapped the doctor and abused him. When an attendant came to the doctor's rescue, he too was assaulted, the doctor later said.;
Madhya Pradesh: In a shocking incident, an intoxicated police constable allegedly beat up an ENT doctor and an attendant at a hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Wednesday.
According to the media reports, Constable had visited the district hospital to get himself examined and a doctor there asked him to go to a flu clinic instead, Kotwali police station in-charge Manish Lodha said. The policeman, however, returned after a short while and started verbally abusing the doctor and proceeded to beat him up. The Constable has been suspended and the case is going under investigation.
When the constable reached the district hospital for a check-up after experiencing cold-like symptoms, the doctor who examined him concluded that it was common cold and asked him to get checked from general OPD, Ujjain civil surgeon.
The constable was led by the doctor to his destination and a request was made to a consultant to examine him; however, he had to wait as the senior doctor was held up with another patient and it enraged the constable who after that slapped the doctor and abused him. When an attendant came to the doctor's rescue, he too was assaulted, the doctor later said.
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