Kolkata: Covid warrior doctor’s home attacked

KOLKATA: A family member of a doctor residing near Sarsuna College in Behala was allegedly assaulted with the spoke of a motorcycle by five men after locals objected to the doctor returning to his house after work every day. The victim’s gold chain was also snatched.
According to Sarsuna police, five persons have been detained and a case of hurt has been registered.
Police said the doctor was the senior official at a hospital at Maheshtala in South 24 Parganas. “He returns home at night after work and recently a few people from the neighbourhood of Bombaibagan Lane objected to this. They claimed that since the doctor was handling Covid patients, there was a chance of him transmitting the virus to the neighbours. They kept pressuring the family to ask the doctor to stay somewhere else. Initially, the doctor’s family ignored the demand. But on Tuesday afternoon, these men gathered again and allegedly used abusive language against the doctor,” said an investigating officer
When the doctor’s brother came out to protest, he was assaulted by the accused. They also allegedly broke whatever they could find in front of the house’s main gate.