Advocate Sangram Tupe was arrested under sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) among other sections of the IPC after he assaulted male nurse Sham Dixit on duty at the district civil hospital, they said.
Former legislator Janardhan Tupe was rushed to the hospital this morning after he was reportedly bitten by a snake.
Allegedly irked over the delay in arrival of the duty doctor and Dixit's reply, Tupe hit him on head with a wooden stick, police said.
"I joined duty in the morning. As Sangram asked me about arrival of duty doctor, I told him that the doctor was being informed. He, however, suddenly hit me with a wooden stick," Dixit said.
Meanwhile, supporters of the ex-MLA accompanying him alleged that Sangram was roughed up by male nurses after he inquired about delay in arrival of the duty doctor following admission of his father in the medical ward.
