Police pummel on-duty doctor for walking in front of Bir during president's convoy (Video and pictures)

Dr Janith Lal Singh of National Trauma Center has been injured after police baton-charged him for walking on the road outside Bir Hospital in Kathmandu during a convoy of President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday.

Police had cleared the road for the president’s convoy when she was returning after addressing a joint meeting of both Houses of Parliament on Friday afternoon. Some police personnel who were deployed there then hit the on-duty Dr Singh with batons as he was heading toward the Trauma Center.