Normalcy returns to Cuttack hospital after arrests

Following the arrests of local city Congress corporator Shamim Ullaha and City Youth Congress vice president Ghulam Uddin, the striking doctors and staff of the state-run City Hospital here called off their indefinite strike today.
The doctors and staff were on strike since Monday afternoon demanding adequate security and action against those who had allegedly assaulted one of the medical officers and ransacked the Hospital on Monday.
Some people had barged into the Hospital, allegedly manhandled ADMO Abhaya Kumar Patnaik and ransacked the hospital properties when several Congress activists were staging a dharna in front of the Hospital on Monday morning as part of the party's state-wide programme to highlight the deteriorating healthcare facilities in the State.

While City Congress chief Md Moqim had denied any role of their party workers in the incident, the doctors and staff of the hospital resorted to cease work demanding action against those involved after registering a police complaint.
The city police late on Monday night arrested the Congress corporator and the other party worker on charges of rioting, deter public servant from discharging duty, criminal intimidation and house trespass and forwarded them to court.
Condemning the arrests, Congress leader Moqim said his party workers were not involved in Monday's incident.
"The police arrested the Congress leaders under pressure from their political bosses and we will fight it out legally and politically", Moqim asserted.