<p> An Assam government official in Cachar district was beaten up with an iron rod allegedly by a group of junior doctors at Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), a police official said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The authorities suspended an intern doctor in connection with the incident.</p>.<p>Inspector of Drugs in the Directorate of Health Services, Bonrai Rongmei, had gone to SMCH to visit his ailing sister-in-law on Monday night and had asked a junior doctor about the blood tests when he misbehaved with him.</p>.Indian-origin man faces assault charge over alleged knife attack in Singapore.<p>Rongmei alleged that the junior doctor asked him rudely whether he was educated enough to understand these things and even after he told them that he was a government employee, he continued to shout at him.</p>.<p>He claimed that as the arguments continued, several doctors gathered, dragged him to a corner, slapped him and began hitting him with an iron rod.</p>.<p>Following the incident, local people reached the hospital and started protesting against the doctors.</p>.<p>A police team reached the hospital and brought the situation under control, Cachar Superintendent of Police Numal Mahatta said.</p>.<p>''We are investigating the matter and SMCH authorities are cooperating with us,' Mahatta said.</p>.<p>SMCH Principal Dr Bhaskar Gupta and a team of doctors met District Commissioner Rohan Kumar Jha on Tuesday and also the family members of the victim.</p>.<p>Gupta said that they have suspended an intern doctor for three months.</p>.<p>An inquiry committee has also been instituted to investigate the matter and if any other doctors are found involved in the incident, action will be taken against them, he said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, All Assam Rongmei Naga Students Union condemned the incident, describing it as a hate crime and demanded immediate arrest of the accused doctors. </p>
<p> An Assam government official in Cachar district was beaten up with an iron rod allegedly by a group of junior doctors at Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), a police official said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The authorities suspended an intern doctor in connection with the incident.</p>.<p>Inspector of Drugs in the Directorate of Health Services, Bonrai Rongmei, had gone to SMCH to visit his ailing sister-in-law on Monday night and had asked a junior doctor about the blood tests when he misbehaved with him.</p>.Indian-origin man faces assault charge over alleged knife attack in Singapore.<p>Rongmei alleged that the junior doctor asked him rudely whether he was educated enough to understand these things and even after he told them that he was a government employee, he continued to shout at him.</p>.<p>He claimed that as the arguments continued, several doctors gathered, dragged him to a corner, slapped him and began hitting him with an iron rod.</p>.<p>Following the incident, local people reached the hospital and started protesting against the doctors.</p>.<p>A police team reached the hospital and brought the situation under control, Cachar Superintendent of Police Numal Mahatta said.</p>.<p>''We are investigating the matter and SMCH authorities are cooperating with us,' Mahatta said.</p>.<p>SMCH Principal Dr Bhaskar Gupta and a team of doctors met District Commissioner Rohan Kumar Jha on Tuesday and also the family members of the victim.</p>.<p>Gupta said that they have suspended an intern doctor for three months.</p>.<p>An inquiry committee has also been instituted to investigate the matter and if any other doctors are found involved in the incident, action will be taken against them, he said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, All Assam Rongmei Naga Students Union condemned the incident, describing it as a hate crime and demanded immediate arrest of the accused doctors. </p>