Kollam : Police arrested Shoornad Panchayat president in connection with assaulting duty doctor at Taluk hospital on Tuesday. He was taken into arrest after his discharge from a private hospital at 11 am this morning. Seven, including Sreekumar, have been mounted with non-bailable charges in the case.
Arraigned in the case are Shoornad West Grama Panchayat president S Shreekumar, DCC General Secretary Kanjiravilla Ajaykumar, Youth Congress workers Nitin Kallada and four other identifiable persons. They are accused of thrashing Dr. M Ganesh and threatening Dr. Shahana on phone.
The incident took place Tuesday. An 85-year old native was brought to hospital from what the family said was well accident. The panchayat president asked Dr. Ganesh to come and confirm the elderly woman’s death in the ambulance waiting outside the hospital. The doctor refused and pointed out that since it was a case of unnatural death, informing police was mandatory. The panchayat president Sreekumar was enraged for some reason and summoned his aides and attacked the doctor.
