Shinde Sena corporator, who allegedly assaulted lady doctor, nurses at Mumbai hospital, arrested
Ramesh Mhatre and his supporters allegedly slapped a lady doctor and assaulted nurses following a dispute over the referral of a pregnant woman.
Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) corporator Ramesh Mhatre, accused of assaulting doctors, nurses, and staff at Shastri Nagar Hospital in Dombivli, Mumbai, on Sunday surrendered before the Vishnu Nagar Police.
Mhatre surrendered a day after the Bombay High Court cancelled his bail granted by a lower court and directed him to surrender by 5 pm.
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Soon after his surrender, Mhatre was produced before a Kalyan court under tight security. The court remanded him to judicial custody for 14 days.
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The court ordered that he be kept in judicial custody until August 3.
Another accused, Sadhana Karande, the mother of a female patient admitted to the hospital, has been remanded to one day police custody.
Earlier this month, Mhatre and his supporters allegedly assaulted doctors and nurses at Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation’s Shastri Nagar Hospital.
The Shiv Sena corporator and his supporters slapped a lady doctor and brutally assaulted nurses following a dispute over the referral of a pregnant woman.
A video of the alleged incident had also gone viral on social media. The purported CCTV footage showed Mhatre slapping a lady doctor while she was talking to someone on the phone.
According to reports, doctors referred a pregnant woman to another hospital as all Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) beds were occupied.
The doctors reportedly informed the pregnant woman that the newborn might require treatment in the NICU, and since no beds were available, she should be shifted to another hospital.
This led to an argument, and shortly afterwards, Mhatre and his supporters arrived at the hospital and started threatening and assaulting the doctors and hospital staff.
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