Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, accused of assaulting doctors at a Thane municipal hospital, has been remanded to judicial custody till August 3, an official said.
Mhatre surrendered before the Dombivli police on Sunday, a day after the Bombay High Court stayed the bail granted to him by the lower court, and was taken to the Kalyan magistrate court, which remanded him to judicial custody.
The high court on Saturday took suo motu cognisance and stayed the bail granted by the Kalyan court to Mhatre, calling its July 14 order "perverse".
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The bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad noted that the magistrate court took the issue very lightly and did not even consider Mhatre's criminal antecedents.
The bench also cancelled the bail granted to four other assailants who were booked along with Mhatre. The police said that they arrested one of the accused women involved in the assault on Sunday.
Mhatre, a corporator of the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC), and his aides were arrested for allegedly assaulting two doctors and nurses at a civic-run hospital in Dombivli on the night of July 6 after a family was advised to shift a newborn to another facility.
The police registered a case against Mhatre and four others in connection with the assault at the hospital.
IMA suspends July 20 strike following
The police said that they arrested one of the accused women involved in the assault on Sunday.
IMA suspends July 20 strike after Bombay High Court stays Mhatre's bail
Meanwhile, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has suspended the strike announced by the organisation on July 20 following the Bombay High Court order staying the bail granted to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre.
The organisation had announced a statewide suspension of routine medical services on July 20, following the alleged assault by Mhatre and his aides on health care workers at the civiv-run hospital in Dombivli.
However, the medical fraternity has issued a stern ultimatum to the Maharashtra government, warning of an indefinite statewide strike starting August 9 if their pending demands regarding the safety of doctors are not accepted.
(With inputs from PTI)
