9 people convicted in 2007 doctors manhandling case
Nine people sent to rigorous imprisonment for six months and imposed fine
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-04-23 06:38 GMT
Hyderabad: The sixth additional chief metropolitan magistrate sentenced nine people to rigorous imprisonment for six months and imposed fine for attacking junior doctors at Niloufer Hospital in 2007.
In 2007, junior doctors were on a month-long strike. Two separate cases were booked against late Afzal Khan, then local legislator, and his supporters for threatening and manhandling junior doctors.
The convicted are — Nasirullah Khan, Irfan Mirza, Parvez Khan, Mohd Noor, Hashmi Singh, Shakeer, Mohd Nayeem Junaid Khan and Ayub Khan. They were fined Rs 1,500.