A day after the Odisha police warned of strong action against persons found ill-treating doctors and health workers, the Sarpanch of Madhyakhanda gram anchayat under Nayagarh district's Daspalla block was on Thursday detained by police for allegedly misbehaving with a doctor posted at Madhyakhanda Community Health Centre (CMC).
Sarpanch Ganeshwar Nayak also allegedly gave death threat to the on-duty doctor, Brajendra Kumar. Acting on a complaint of Dr Kumar, police detained the accused and were interrogating him.
Sources said the CHC is run by two doctors. It witnessed rush of patients after the outbreak of coronavirus.
While locals alleged that the doctors remained absent often, the Sarpanch went to the CHC and allegedly hurled abuses at Dr Kumar and asked him to attend the patients regularly.