Caught On Camera, Horrific Assault Of Doctor By Family Of Covid Victim

Wednesday, 2 June 2021Newsdesk

A doctor at a coronavirus facility in Assam's Hojai, around 140 kilometres from Guwahati, was on Tuesday mercilessly punched, kicked, and pounded with metal trash cans and bricks, by the relatives of a Covid patient who had died, allegedly due to oxygen shortage. Locals also assaulted the doctor who is now hospitalised but stable.

New Delhi, 2 June 2021

As per news report of NDTV, a video clip of the horrific violence against the doctor has gone viral on social media after which 24 people, including the main accused, were arrested in overnight searches. The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon at the city's Udali Model Hospital, where Dr Seuj Kumar Senapati was on duty. The patient named Giyaz Uddin, a resident of Pipal Pukhuri village, had died on Tuesday due to Covid-linked complications.

Source -NDTV