Shimla, Dec. 26 -- As resident doctors across Himachal Pradesh had announced to proceed on a day-long mass leave on Friday, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu assured a fresh inquiry into the patient assault controversy that led to the termination of a senior resident doctor at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla.

Following a meeting with the Resident Doctors Association (RDA), its president, Dr Sohil Sharma, told mediapersons that the Chief Minister had agreed to re-investigate the case and consider all evidence placed before him.

"Our main demand was the revocation of Dr Raghav Nirula's termination. The Chief Minister assured us that a fresh inquiry would be conducted and that he had taken cognisance of the documents and e...