Pune: In a shocking incident, a lady corporator of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is alleged to have assaulted a lady doctor of Pune’s Sasoon Hospital. The incident occurred in the wee hours, around 2 am on Tuesday. The Pune police booked the corporator based on a written complaint filed by the doctor.
Snehal Khandagle, the lady doctor, was on duty and attending to a patient in ward number 43 when BJP lady corporator Arti Kondhare approached Khandagle and demanded that she leave the patient she was attending to and first treat her son and his friend, who had met with an accident.
Dr Khandagle told Kondhare that the patient, who had stitches on his head, needed an urgent CT scan and asked her to wait, while she completed the procedures on her patient. However, corporator Kondhare was not used to taking ‘no’ for an answer and got into a heated argument with the lady doctor.
In her statement to the police, Dr Khandagle said, “I was threatened by Kondhare who said she will complain to my seniors and the dean of Sasoon Hospital. Meanwhile, the corporator tried to intimidate me by shooting a video on her cell phone. I requested Kondhare not to shoot a video while I was working. At this, Kondhare lost her cool, resorted to violence, assaulted me and also hurled abuses. She further threatened me with dire consequences.”
Kondhare in her defence said, “My son and his friend had met with an accident and were rushed to Sasoon Hospital. The doctors there refused to treat the duo. While I requested, Dr Khandagle snatched my mobile phone and pushed me away.” She further added that she is going to file a cross complaint against the lady doctor and the dean of Sasoon Hospital.
