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Aurangabad, May
19:
The doctor of
the Krushna Hospital, Dr Pradeep Benjarge, at Rokadiya Hanuman Colony, was
beaten recently. A delegation of doctors led by Indian Medical Association
(IMA) Aurangabad branch president Dr Santosh Ranjalkar and secretary Dr Yashwant
Gade met the commissioner of police Dr Nikhil Gupta and demanded strict action
against the accused.
Dr Gupta assured
the delegation that a charge sheet will be submitted against the accused in 15
days. Similarly, the phone numbers of the concerned police stations will be
highlighted in the Covid Hospitals while the information about the Corona patients
being treated will be given to the concerned police stations. Similarly, a
police team will visit the Covid hospitals every day, Dr Gupta assured.
Dr Pradeep
Benjarge, Dr Anant Kulkarni and others were present. The delegation requested
the commissioner to investigate the matter under the sections of the Act
regarding the Attacks of Doctors, 2010 and Epidemic Orders, 2020 and submit the
charge sheet at the earliest.
Considering the
spread of Corona pandemic in the prisons, the court has issued guidelines that
the accused in the matter in which the imprisonment is less than seven years
should not be arrested. Hence, the accused in the attack of Dr Benjarge case
have not been arrested, informed Dr Gade.