Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, Apr 22: A BJP leader was today detained for several hours by Police after being booked for allegedly locking the main gate of a Government Hospital during protest against the alleged shortage of doctors in Banihal.
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Sources informed that Mohammad Saleem Bhat was picked up from party office in Banihal area of Ramban district after a case was registered at the local Police Station against him under sections 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others), 126 (wrongful restraint) and 127 (wrongful confinement) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
They said that the BJP leader was later on released on bail.
Bhat, who had unsuccessfully contested the last assembly elections from Banihal constituency, created a ruckus inside sub-district hospital Banihal on Tuesday by locking the main gate and holding a dharna inside the premises of the facility over alleged shortage of doctors.
The hospital authorities have maintained that patient care was not significantly affected. They said that a Block Medical Officer and 12 doctors were currently posted at the hospital and attending to patients.
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