PRAYAGRAJ, June 11 -- Junior resident doctors at Swaroop Rani Nehru (SRN) Hospital ended their 90-hour strike on Wednesday following the release of Dr Monish Ali, a resident in the surgery department, and a High Court directive ordering a judicial inquiry into the death of advocate Jagriti Shukla.

Earlier on Monday, a tension between lawyers and doctors in Prayagraj escalated after high court advocate Jagriti Shukla died during treatment at SGPGI Lucknow, nearly 20 days after she was injured in a road accident. The death triggered fresh protests by lawyers, while junior doctors at SRN Hospital launched a strike against police action taken in connection with the earlier clash between the two groups.

Despite the strike's conclusion, emerg...