Source: PTI
A BJP worker was booked on Friday for allegedly picking a quarrel with a hijab-clad woman doctor over not wearing a white coat at a primary health centre in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, police said.
Police registered three cases against party functionary Bhuvaneswar
Ram, who hails from Thirupoondi in the district, questioned the woman
doctor for wearing hijab during duty hours but not donning the white
coat and he was heard questioning her credentials in a video of the
incident that went viral.
The incident took place inside the Thirupoondi primary health centre in the southern district on May 24 night.
"I doubt if you are really a doctor. Why are you not in uniform, why
are you wearing a hijab?" he could be heard asking the doctor in the
video.
Nursing staff at the PHC, who came to the rescue of the duty doctor,
also put out a video of Ram picking a fight with the doctor.
The BJP worker had taken one Subramanian, who complained of discomfort,
to the PHC for treatment but when he saw the night duty doctor clad in
hijab, he started quarrelling with her, police said.
