Chandigarh, May 24 -- In yet another act of violence against doctors, a junior resident was slapped, kicked and dragged by the family of a newborn inside the Neonatology ICU (NICU) at PGIMER, Chandigarh, on Thursday afternoon.

The assault, which took place in broad daylight and in full view of hospital staff, occurred after the critically ill newborn's mother accused the doctor of causing bruises during a routine medical procedure.

According to the complaint lodged by Dr Siddharth Chakraborty, a fifth semester junior resident in the department of paediatrics, the assault took place around 12.20 pm in the NICU on the third floor of Nehru Hospital.

The doctor alleged that he was attacked by the patient's mother, Manpreet Kaur, and her ma...