India, July 11 -- A Kalyan court on Friday remanded Shiv Sena councillor Ramesh Mhatre and three of his supporters to police custody till July 13 for allegedly assaulting doctors and healthcare staff at a civic hospital in Dombivli following a dispute over the admission of a pregnant woman.

The accused were arrested on Tuesday night by Vishnu Nagar police for allegedly attacking two doctors and other staff members at Shastri Nagar Hospital. The assault followed a complaint that a nine-month-pregnant woman with pregnancy-related complications was denied admission because there were no beds available in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

The incident led to widespread outrage from the medical fraternity after a CCTV video of the ass...