Disgruntled kin of patient kills doctor, leaves two injured in Nalanda

A doctor was stabbed to death by a patient's relative, accusing him of delivering 'improper' medical treatment. Local people who rushed to the spot and handed over the accused to the police.

Patna:A Registered Medical Practitioner was stabbed to death and his two assistants injured in Bihar's Nalanda district by a disgruntled relative of one of his patients, police said on Sunday. The main accused in the incident was arrested.

Accused Sunny Kumar, 27, along with an accomplice visited the clinic of Dr Vijay Kumar, 35, around 6.30 pm on Saturday and repeatedly stabbed him with a knife after a heated argument over the treatment of Sunny's uncle. Two compounders Santosh Kumar and Rahul Kumar, who tried to save the victim, were also attacked.

As the victims shouted for help, local shopkeepers in the area caught Sunny. The accused was beaten up the local people before he was handed over to the police. They took the victims to Sadar Hospital at the Bihar Sharif district headquarters where Dr Vijay succumbed to multiple stab injuries.

In a statement to the police, Santosh said Sunny's uncle was treated at the clinic a month ago but he claimed the patient did not recover from his illness.

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"On Saturday evening, Sunny along with an accomplice visited the clinic and had heated exchanges with Vijay. In a fit of rage, he repeatedly stabbed him with a knife. When we came to his rescue, the accused also stabbed us repeatedly," Santosh said.

"We have arrested the main accused and efforts are underway to nab his accomplice," Mustaq Ahmed, SHO of Deep Nagar police station, said.

A large number of shopkeepers from the area and family members of the deceased reached the Sadar Hospital and created a ruckus while vandalising hospital property. Police, however, pacified them and brought the situation under control.

(IANS)