Bombay HC Bench comprising Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata was hearing the suo-motu case with allegations that the police have failed to carry investigation in the case.
Calling the police action “unacceptable”, Court observed that police has failed to learn from previous incident in July where a doctor was assaulted in Thane District’s Dombivli region’s public hospital.
In both the Palghar doctor assault case and the Thane case, Shiv Sena office bearers have been the accused. In case of Thane, Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre was arrested.
Court said, “Was Thane incident not enough for police to learn a lesson?” Court also advised Palghar police to transfer the case to Mumbai police’s crime branch, if they are unable to take action.
On the night of September 5, Shiv Sena workers, the son of MLA Rajendra Gavit and deputy taluka chief Rohit Gavit allegedly assaulted staff at Relief Hospital in Palghar over expensive treatment. The incident was flagged during the hearing of suo motu case in Thane incident.