Three people have been arrested in Uluberia, West Bengal, for allegedly assaulting a woman doctor at a government hospital and threatening her with rape. The shocking incident, coming a year after the brutal rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College, has ignited a political blame game between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP .

The incident took place on Monday at Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Government Medical College and Hospital in Howrah district. Reports say the accused, relatives of a patient admitted to the hospital, got into an argument with the doctor in the afternoon, during which they allegedly attacked her. Following the assault, the doctor lodged a police complaint, leading to the arrests.

The three accused have been identified a

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