Kathmandu, April 17 -- Departmental action should be initiated against police personnel who reportedly manhandled three doctors in Kathmandu on Wednesday night, an official investigating the incident said.

The security personnel from Maharajganj Police Circle reportedly manhandled three doctors, two from Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital and one from Kanti Children's Hospital, while returning home after their shift on Wednesday night.

"We held a meeting with the doctors at the health ministry this afternoon as part of our investigation," said Deputy Superintendent Hobindra Bogati of Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, a member of the Senior Superintendent Kiran Bajracharya-led committee.

"We reached a conclusion that departmenta...