India, Nov. 4 -- A 55-year-old man who pretended to be a patient and attacked a doctor with a hammer in her clinic in 2022 and stole her valuables from the clinic was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment on Saturday.

The accused, Rashid Khan, was convicted by a Thane sessions court under Section 397 (robbery) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, after the doctor and 14 other eyewitnesses told the court about his involvement in the gruesome attack in Bhayander. Public prosecutor Rajendra Patil represented the police.

According to the prosecution, the incident took place on January 23, 2022. Dr Gayatri Jaiswal was at her clinic at Amrutvani Satsang Road in Bhayandar West when a masked Khan walked in. He pretended to be a Dubai resident who...