Updated Mar 14, 2021 | 22:01 IST
A 52-year-old BMC doctor was allegedly assaulted by a 22-year-old passenger at Bandra Terminus in Maharashtra’s Mumbai on Saturday. BMC doctor assaulted in Mumbai [Representative image] | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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He assaulted the BMC doctor after the latter asked him to take an RT-PCR test.
A case has been registered against the accused for assaulting a public servant.
Mumbai: A young passenger allegedly assaulted Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) doctor following a dispute over taking a COVID-19 test at Bandra Terminus in Maharashtra’s Mumbai late on Saturday.
In view of rising COVID-19 cases in the state, a civic team was deployed at the Bandra Terminus to check the body temperature of passengers arriving in the city from distant places. The accused, identified as Salman Ali Syed (22), arrived from UP along with his family. Using a thermal scanner, the civic team checked Syed