2 Govt doctors, medical students under scanner for attacking advocate at UP hospital
Pratapgarh: Two doctors along with a dozen medical students were booked on Wednesday for allegedly attacking an advocate at the Pratapgarh government medical college in Uttar Pradesh, police said.
SHO Kotwali police station Satyendra Singh said, "Shashikant, an advocate, in a police complaint, has alleged that he was attacked and roughed up by two doctors of the government medical college on Tuesday. Over a dozen medical students also sided with the doctors and attacked him."
A video of the incident has gone viral on social media, in which two groups entered into a brawl during OPD registration at the hospital.
As per a media report in TOI, based on Shashikant's complaint, an FIR has been lodged under sections 147 (rioting), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 392 (robbery) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for assaulting him and also snatching the gold chain of his colleague during the scuffle.
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The incident occurred after an argument between the health facility's staff and Sashikant, who had gone there with a relative.
The advocate in his complaint has also alleged that the doctors and students even tore his clothes.
The doctors and students, who are yet to be identified, have been booked under the Indian Penal Code, the SHO said.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the Uttar Pradesh police registered an FIR against eight junior doctors of BRD Medical College for allegedly assaulting a patient and making unsavoury remarks against his wife when he asked for a discharge from the hospital. Eight unidentified junior doctors of BRD Medical College were booked for allegedly beating up a patient and using derogatory language against his wife when he asked for a discharge from the hospital, police said.
