Denied booze, 25 junior docs vandalize pub, assault cops

Agra | Sunday | 16th September, 2018

Summary:

Additional police force was roped in to disperse the medical staff who had blocked the M G Road. On Saturday night, they assaulted the 82-year-old pub owner for mere liquor and injured our cops. The incident occurred at the Ashoka pub and restaurant near Delhi Gate late on Saturday night.Senior superintendent of police Amit Pathak said 15 junior doctors were still in jail while 10 others had been granted bail. Forty other unidentified medical staff of the college were also booked for vandalism and other charges.Following the incident, doctors at the medical college went on a strike brining its emergency ward to a halt on Sunday. Later, senior administrative officers held a meeting with the college principal and other authorities, after which the strike was called off..