India, July 22 -- A man allegedly assaulted a 25-year-old female receptionist at a private hospital in Maharashtra's Kalyan after she refused to let him walk into the doctor's office without an appointment, police said.

A purported video of the incident, which has gone viral on social media, shows the man, identified as Gokul Jha, running towards the receptionist and kicking her. Though others present at the scene try to pull him away, he continues to drag and pull the woman by her hair, thrashing her onto the ground.

The crowd finally manages to pull the man out of the reception area, while others lift the woman up from the ground.

HT.com couldn't independently verify the authenticity of this video.

A police official said that based ...