New Delhi, Jul 23 : A Delhi Police ACP was brought to RML Hospital here with a head injury and multiple bruises after a stone-pelting incident near Jantar Mantar, hospital authorities said on Thursday.
“ACP, Connaught Place, Vivek Bhagat, was brought to the Emergency Department of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital following the reported incident of stone pelting last night near Jantar Mantar.
“On examination, he was found to have multiple bruises over both the upper and lower limbs, along with the shoulder, and swelling over the parieto-occipital region (back of the head). The patient also gave a history of ear bleeding and vomiting,” the hospital said in a statement.
Bhagat was evaluated by the treating team in the Department of Surgery and provided necessary medical care. Subsequently, the patient expressed his desire to continue further treatment at AIIMS, New Delhi, and was discharged from RML Hospital, it said.
Two assistant commissioners of police (ACPs) and four police personnel were injured in stone-pelting allegedly by protesters near Jantar Mantar on Wednesday evening, police sources said.
They said that many “anti-social” elements had entered the protest site.
