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Three arrested for violence in city hospital

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Feb 16 2017 | 10:42 AM IST
Three persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the violence at a private hospital in southern part of the city following the death of a patient there.
Rakesh Dhanuk (25), Jiauddin and Sk Sony (22) were arrested from their respective residences in Khidirpore area of the city late last night during raids, a senior official of Kolkata Police said this morning.
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Meanwhile, normal operation resumed at the CMRI hospital, a senior official of the medical facility said today.
"Admission at our hospital was stopped for sometime yesterday but it resumed and we have started the process today again," CMRI CEO Dr Shantanu Chattopadhyay told reporters today.
Dr Chattopadhyay rubbished "medical negligence" on part of the doctors as the reason of the death of the patient as alleged by family members.

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The CEO also said that the maintenance of proper law and order was a matter of the state government.
Meanwhile, the three persons arrested by Kolkata Police in connection with the violence at the CMRI was remanded to police custody till Saturday when produced at a city court this morning.
"We have spotted more people vandalising the hospital premises. We have launched a search for them and hopefully we will nab them soon," a senior official said.

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First Published: Feb 16 2017 | 10:42 AM IST

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