15 men assault doctor in Pinjore

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, April 22

A doctor of the Civil Hospital, Sector 6, here was allegedly assaulted by around 15 men at a “theekri pehra” at Pinjore this evening.

The victim, identified as Dr Ashok, who is deployed at the Covid control room at the Mini-Secretariat in Sector 1, told the police that the incident occurred when he was on his way to drop his children at his in-laws’ house in Surajpur.

“I have recently shifted to a health sub-centre in Burj Kotian for stay. It was my night shift. So, my children had to be dropped at my in-laws’ house in Surajpur. I was stopped by some locals, including a resident named Jarnail Singh, who dragged me out of my car and threatened to kill me,” Dr Ashok told the police.

The police have registered a case against Jarnail Singh under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Pinjore police station.

On April 11, a staff nurse of the Civil Hospital was allegedly assaulted by some youths guarding an entry point to Billah village near Ramgarh. On April 9, ASHA workers alleged misbehaviour while conducting a survey at Indira Colony.