India, Dec. 24 -- The Himachal Pradesh government has suspended a 31-year-old doctor after he was allegedly caught on camera assaulting a patient inside the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla. The incident came to light after a video of the altercation went viral on social media.

Hospital authorities have ordered a formal inquiry into the matter.

"The services of the accused doctor, Raghav Narula, have been suspended," IGMC Medical Superintendent Rahul Rao told Hindustan Times.

He added, "Following government instructions, the doctor has been suspended and his headquarters have been fixed at the Directorate of Medical Education, where he has been directed to report. A high-power committee has also been constituted to investig...