Delhi: 4 injured in brawl, AIIMS doctors allege targeted due to profession

Updated : Jul 01, 2021 20:47
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Editorji News Desk

4 people including 2 doctors were injured in a drunken brawl in south Delhi's Gautam Nagar on Wednesday night.

According to the police, a heated argument broke out between the shopkeeper of Bhagat Singh Verma Paranthe Walla and the doctors after which both sides allegedly assaulted each other. The police also said that the doctors were drunk.

The shopkeeper and his son also sustained minor injuries. The two doctors- one from Delhi’s All Indian Medical Institute of Sciences and other from Safdrajung Hospital were admitted to AIIMS Trauma Centre on Thursday with several head injuries.

While the shopkeeper alleges that the drunken doctors assaulted and abused him following which he called his son, the medical professionals allege that they were teased and abused for ‘spreading corona’ and were beaten up by several people at the shop.

The police has taken statements of both the parties and has said that legal action will be taken accordingly.

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