Mohali: A patient allegedly dragged a doctor to the ground by her hair and assaulted two responding medical staffers during a night shift at Kharar’s civil hospital.As CCTV footage of this Saturday-night attack inside the emergency ward sparked renewed security concerns across Punjab facilities, police charged the suspect, Ranjitpal Singh, under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property ActDr Harsharanpreet Kaur stated in her police complaint that hospital workers had found Ranjitpal Singh groaning in pain on the floor outside the emergency ward staff room late at night and moved him to a minor operating theatre.An argument broke out during treatment and the doctor alleged that as she exited the room, the man grabbed her hair, pulled her to the ground, hit her, and tore her clothes. After bashing up a nurse and an ambulance driver who intervened to protect her, the man damaged the hospital property before other employees restrained him.Suspect Ranjitpal Singh’s family alleged he had suffered an adverse reaction to incorrect medication. the family also accused the doctor of medical negligence and verbal aggression.. but police said these claims remained unverified and subject to investigation.Sub-inspector Sukhwinder Singh of the Kharar City police station said cops had filed charges under BNS sections 115(2), 132, 221, and 76 (which deal with assault, injury, obstructing public servant, and attempt to disrobe a woman), alongside property damage statutes.Investigators are reviewing closed-circuit television footage to confirm the sequence of events.
