Family members and supporters of BJP MLA from Tanda Sanju Devi and doctors at Mahamaya Allopathic Medical College in Sadarpur clashed with each other late on Tuesday night.
While the MLA’s aides roughed up doctors and held the college principal and some doctors hostage at the gun-point, junior doctors later attacked them and torched four luxury vehicles in which the MLA’s aides had come. The situation could be controlled only after senior police officers rushed there with additional force. They took complaints from both sides and registered cross cases with Aliganj police station. But so far, no action has been taken in the matter.
As per reports, the condition of Sanju Devi deteriorated on Tuesday night. Her family members later rushed her to Mahamaya Allopathic Medical College in Sadarpur. Devi’s brother-in-law Ved Prakash and Shyam Babu Gupta accompanied her to the hospital.
The situation took an ugly turn when doctors treating Sanju Devi referred her to Lucknow. However, as the hospital authorities failed to provide ambulance immediately, the family members and MLA’s aides first abused the staff and later held college principal Dr PK Singh and senior doctors hostage at the gun-point. As the news spread on the college campus, junior doctors gathered there and protested. However, when the MLA’s supporters tried to bully them and Shyam Babu fired several rounds to scare them away, the junior doctors went on a rampage. They clashed with the MLA’s aides and later torched four luxury vehicles belonging to them. Later, senior police officers reached the spot and defused the situation.