Ludhiana, June 7 -- The laboratory in-charge of the civil hospital, Dr Gurvinder Singh, on Friday alleged that the traffic police towed his car from inside the hospital despite being parked away from the main road.

"I had parked my car in the usual spot outside the tuberculosis section where all staff members working on this side of the hospital park their vehicles. One of the staff members saw the police taking away my car and informed me," he said.

He said cops asked him to pay fine despite him informing that the spot where he had parked the car was not a no-parking area. "It was only after the senior medical officer (SMO) intervened they let me take my car," Dr Gurvinder Singh added.

SMO Dr Harpreet Singh said he had asked the traff...