Dr. Janith Lal Singh of the National Trauma Center was injured after police charged him with batons for walking on the road in front of Bir Hospital in Kathmandu during a convoy by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday.
Police had cleared the way for the president’s convoy as it returned from addressing a joint meeting of both Houses of Parliament on Friday afternoon. Some of the police personnel who were deployed there then beat Dr. Singh on duty with batons as he was walking towards the Trauma Center.
Dr. Singh has suffered head injuries in the attack.
Doctors have been protesting outside the Trauma Center after the incident. Protesting police personnel and doctors also got into an altercation during the protest and traffic was also obstructed for some time.
Protesting doctors say police beat Dr. Singh even after he showed his ID. They have demanded that the police personnel involved in the attack apologize to Dr. Singh.
