Attacks – Journalists

Millat Times journalist Shahnawaz Hussain was assaulted on Monday by a doctor and staffers in Madhupura, Bihar while reporting a protest staged by patients. Hussain claims the doctor fired warning shots in the air and threaten to kill him.

Dr Santosh Kumar of Patliputra Hospital can be seen charging towards the reporter while snatching a gun, in a video shared on Twitter.

“Dr Santosh Kumar has done two operations on a woman which family accuse was unsuccessful,” Shahnawaz Hussain told Maktoob. “Her family was agitating with the clinic staff, I tried to cover it.”

Hussain shared the video testimony of the family members who were protesting at the clinic. The family alleges medical negligence by Dr Kumar. Microphones of other media organisations can also be seen in the video accessed by Maktoob.