India, July 19 -- The statewide strike planned by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on July 20 in protest against the alleged assault on doctors at Dombivli's Shastrinagar Municipal Hospital by Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre and his supporters on July 6 has been temporarily postponed. The decision was taken at a meeting of IMA members on Sunday following the Bombay High Court's suo motu intervention in the case and its decision to deny bail to the accused, said the officials.

Pune city has the largest IMA branch in Maharashtra, with over 5,200 members, and is expected to remain at the centre of the agitation, with more than 10,000 doctors, even non-IMA members from across the city, likely to join the protest if the state governmen...