Shiv Sena Corporator Ramesh Booked for Assaulting Doctors at Kalyan Civic Hospital

A ruling Shiv Sena corporator and his associates allegedly assaulted two doctors and other staff at a hospital in Maharashtra’s Thane district after a family was advised to shift a newborn to another facility, police said on Wednesday.

While the Opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) targeted the government, asking if Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis would tolerate such “hooliganism”, ruling Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde, a doctor himself, condemned the attack and said strict action would be taken against those found



guilty.

The incident that occurred at the civic-run hospital in Kalyan on Monday evening was captured on a video, which later went viral on social media. The video purportedly showed the Sena corporator, Ramesh Sukrya Mhatre, hitting the doctors.

A case was registered against Mhatre and five others on Tuesday night, following public outrage and pressure from the Indian Medical Association (IMA), which threatened to shut clinics and hospitals in the area if immediate action was not taken.