Armed men vandalise nursing home, one arrested with revolver

A gang of armed miscreants beat up doctors and other staff of a private nursing home when they tried to resist vandalism at the health facility at Serampore in Hooghly district, police said today.
A gang of about 12 miscreants barged into the private nursing home and asked doctors to treat their wounded colleague last evening.
Despite being asked, the gang refused to sign official papers and beat up the receptionist.
Brandishing revolvers they asked the doctors to treat their colleague quickly at the ICU. They also vandalised the medical facility.
Before police could reach the spot, they fled.
The police has arrested a person with a revolver in his possession.

"Rajesh Singh, who admitted his involvement in the incident, has been arrested today along with a revolver in his possession," K Sen, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Chandernagore Police Commissionerate, said.
Superintendent of Police, Hooghly District, Sukesh Jain said identification of the entire gang was being done with the help of the CCTV footage.