Eight people including two doctors received severe injuries as a group of local youths beat them up following a bickering over Taka one at Sorail Upazila Health Complex of Brahmanbaria district yesterday.
The unruly youths vandalised the cash counter and also damaged documents of the health complex. Agitated by the incident, doctors and other employees of the complex went on a strike causing immense sufferings to patients.
Yesterday afternoon, Al Amin, a youth from Uchaliapara village, came to the payment counter of the health complex. The consultation fee of doctors at the health complex is Tk3, said sources of the hospital.
They said Al Amin gave Tk2 to Muslim who was sitting at the counter. When Muslim asked for one more taka, Al Amin gave him Tk100. As Muslim was unable to give change, Al Amin asked for a “free ticket.” At one point he called Muslim names and left.
After a while he, along with 30-40 youths came back and attacked Muslim. When other employees and doctors came to rescue Muslim, the youths attacked them as well.
The injured are residential doctor Md Noman Miya, Deputy Assistant Health Officer Md Mahbubur Rahman, Tarikul Islam, Cashier Md Motahar, lab assistant Md Farid Miya, Md Al Amin, Khadija Begum and Muslim Loshkor. All of them received primary treatments.
The attackers left the scene after police arrived. The employees of the organisation had refrained from work since the incident demanding arrest of the attackers.
Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Abu Saleh Md Musa Khan said: “The unruly boys had beaten up employees of the complex. They had also stolen Tk5,000 from the counter. We would continue our strike until they are arrested.”
Sorail police station Officer-in-Charge Md Ali Arshad said: “We have received a complaint. We are trying to arrest those involved.”
