Eating out at a cafe turned out to be a harrowing experience for a 29-year-old resident doctor of the Deen Dayal Upadhayay hospital when he refused to clean his vomit on the floor of the four star café-cum-restaurant at West Delhi’s Rajouri Garden area on Fridaay night he was slapped. Police on Monday said the FIR has been lodged against manager of the Headquarter Restaurant Mohit Sharma and his father Virender Kumar.
As per the written complaint submitted to the Station House Officer of the Rajouri Garden Police Station on Saturday, Dr Varun Bedwal, a resident doctor of the General Medicine Department of the Deen Dayal Upadhayay hospital had gone out for dinner. “My senior had thrown a birthday party at the Headquarter Restaurant on the Main Najafgarh Road on Friday night,” read the complaint. “While eating the food, I accidentally vomited. When I got up, restaurant manager Mohit Sharma came up to me and started abusing me, saying “This is so disgusting”. He told me to clean up the vomit or else he would not let me go. He even blocked my way. While me and my friends tried to tell them to let me go, he held my hand slapped me!” said the 29-year-old resident doctor, who lives with his family in Hari Nagar area. “After being slapped, I made a call to 100. The police team came and pacified me,” he added.
A senior police officer of the West district said, “Initially, the resident doctor of the DDU hospital did not file any complaint. He even refused to undergo a medical examination. It was only on Saturday, i.e. February 10 that the resident doctor approached us,” Following the written complaint filed by Dr Varun Bedwal, a case under Sections 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 341(Punishment for wrongful restraint) of the Indian Penal Code at the Rajouri Garden police station. Further investigation is underway.