Doctor booked for assault on scribe



Ambala (Haryana): A case was registered against a doctor of a civil hospital here on charges of assaulting a local scribe, police said today.

The doctor was booked under various sections of the IPC and Arms Act following a complaint by the reporter, they said. The reporter also alleged that the doctor pointed a revolver at him under the influence of liquor during the yesterday's incident

Media persons went to the residence of Police Commissioner to bring the incident to his notice and demanded arrest of the doctor. The doctor, however, has refuted the charges and denied possession of any firearm.

PTI