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By Express News ServiceBENGALURU: The 24-hour state-wide protest by doctors which started at 6am on Friday was called off by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Karnataka State Chapter, by 3pm the same day. The doctors took to the streets to protest an alleged assault on a junior doctor at Minto Eye Hospital by Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) activists on November 1. However, the protest was called off after it was confirmed that at least 12 KRV activists had surrendered at the VV Puram Police station around 12pm on Friday. The protesting doctors demanded extra security guards be deployed in the hospital along with CCTV cameras. The doctors were relieved after news broke out that the activists had surrendered..