RIGHT TO HEALTH BILL PROTEST: CLASH BETWEEN DOCS & POLICE, MANY INJURED

l More than 2,400 private hosp owners across the state took to the streets l Resident doctors and other bodies have also called the boycott today

Vikas Sharma

Jaipur: Doctors protesting against the state government’s Right to health bill were thrashed by the police in Jaipur on Monday.

Initially, police tried to stop the doctors who tried to gherao the assembly but when they did not stop, police lathi-charged them. In the scuffle, clothes of many protesters got torn and many were left bleeding. It is alleged that the police misbe- haved with the women doctors.

More than 2400 private hospital owners across the state took to the streets. First, doctors and hospital administrators gathered in the auditorium of Jaipur Medical Association at the SMS Hospital in Jaipur. Then the doctors left SMS Hospital around noon and went to Trimurti Circle via JLN Marg, Narayan Singh Circle and reached Statue Circle in front of Central Park.

Police stopped everyone near Statue Circle around 1 pm. There was a scuffle between the doctor and the police. All the doctors sat on dharna at the Statue Circle where after a while, a clash erupted. The Joint Action Committee, which was supporting the bill until a few days ago, came back to oppose the bill. The committee was formed by the doctors’

G-Club firing: Cops to grill Hrithik in Jpr

He has been held in past for connections with firing cases

Satyanarayan Sharma

Jaipur: Jaipur police have caught a wanted criminal and Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Hrithik Boxer, who carries a cash reward of `1 lakh on head, from Nepal border. A case was lodged against him in connection with the firing at G-club in Jaipur and demanding extortion money of ` 5 crore from club owner in January. He had claimed responsibility through Facebook.

Following a tip-off that he was hiding in Nepal, two teams were engaged in working on the input. After it was verified that he was in Ne- pal and would enter India, the teams were sent to the border. He crossed the border from Birgunj (Nepal)- Raxaul (India) on March 18 and as soon as he crossed border, he was caught, he said. Hrithik has been arrested in the past in connection with firing and extorting cases. He demanded `2 crore from a businessman Inder Hisaria in Hanumangarh in 2021. He was awarded imprisonment of 5 years.