India, July 8 -- Shiv Sena corporator, Ramesh Sukrya Mhatre, and his associates allegedly assaulted two doctors at a hospital in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Wednesday.

Mhatre and five others were seen on CCTV footage while attacking doctors Srishti Bawiskar and Vaibhav Salunkhe at a civic-run hospital in Kalyan on Monday. Along with the two doctors, two nurses, Namita Ubale and Dravya Giri, were also subject to assault by the Shinde Sena corporator.

As reported by HT earlier, the assault broke out after a 33-year-old patient was advised to move to another hospital to better manage pregnancy-related complications.

"The sonography showed the baby's umbilical cord wrapped twice around its neck. Sensing that the delivery w...