Ajay Devgn: Disgusted\, angry over attacks on doctors amid coronavirus

Ajay Devgn: Disgusted, angry over attacks on doctors amid coronavirus

Bollywood personalities including Javed Akhtar, Hema Malini, Rishi Kapoor, Paresh Rawal among others have also expressed their discomfort over the attacks on healthcare workers in the past.

By: PTI | Mumbai | Updated: April 13, 2020 10:51:23 am
ajay devgn tanhaji Ajay Devgn’s reaction comes weeks after several Bollywood stars condemned gruesome incidents of physical assault at healthcare workers who are managing the COVID-19 outbreak in different parts of the country.

Actor Ajay Devgn on Sunday said he is “disgusted” over reports of healthcare workers being attacked by people at a time when the country is fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

The Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior star’s reaction comes weeks after several Bollywood stars condemned gruesome incidents of physical assault and stone pelting at doctors and other frontliners who are managing the COVID-19 outbreak in different parts of the country.

“Disgusted and angry to read reports of ‘educated’ persons attacking doctors in their neighbourhood on baseless assumptions. Such insensitive people are the worst criminals. #StaySafeStayHome #IndiaFightsCorona,” Ajay wrote on Twitter.

Bollywood personalities including Rishi Kapoor, Javed Akhtar, Hema Malini, Paresh Rawal among others have expressed their discomfort over the attacks on healthcare workers in the past.

India is currently under the lockdown with around 1.3 billion people asked to stay home in view of the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected over 8,000 people and claimed 273 lives in the country.