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Sena Corporator Ramesh Mhatre Surrenders in Doctor Assault Case, Sent to Jail
- •Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre and three others surrendered before a Thane court after the Supreme Court cancelled their bail in a doctor assault case.
- •The accused were remanded to Adharwadi Jail in Kalyan following their surrender on Sunday.
- •Mhatre and his associates are accused of assaulting and verbally abusing three doctors, including a lady doctor, at Shastri Nagar Municipal Hospital in Dombivli on July 6.
- •The Supreme Court overturned a Bombay High Court order, noting that doctors cannot work under the apprehension of violence and highlighted Mhatre's extensive criminal history, including charges of murder and attempted murder.
- •The assault occurred after family members of a pregnant woman accused hospital staff of delaying treatment, leading to an argument and subsequent attack on the doctors.
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The Supreme Court cancelled the bail of Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre and his associates after stressing that physical violence, intimidation, or coercion against the medical fraternity cannot be tolerated. The top court also noted that lower courts failed to properly consider Mhatre's extensive criminal history involving multiple serious offences.
Following their surrender before the trial court in Thane district on Sunday, Ramesh Mhatre and three of his associates were remanded to Adharwadi Jail in Kalyan.
The assault incident on July 6 at Shastri Nagar Municipal Hospital in Dombivli occurred after family members of a pregnant woman accused the hospital staff of delaying treatment. This led Ramesh Mhatre and his associates to gather at the hospital and verbally and physically abuse the on-duty doctors.
