Kalyan doctor assault case: Shiv Sena corporator Mhatre and his 3 aides remanded to judicial custody

Thane: A court in Thane district of Maharashtra on Monday, July 13, remanded Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre and three of his associates to judicial custody, days after they were arrested for allegedly assaulting doctors and medical staff at a civic-run hospital.

Due to heavily crowded court premises, the local magistrate in Kalyan conducted the proceedings via video conferencing.

The counsel for the accused immediately moved a bail application, which the court will take up at a later date.

Mhatre and his aides were arrested for allegedly assaulting doctors and nurses at a civic-run hospital in Dombivli on the night of July 6.

The incident at the civic-run hospital in Kalyan on Monday evening sparked widespread outrage after a video became viral. Mhatre and his aides allegedly assaulted two doctors and other staff after a family was advised to shift a newborn to another facility.