A 34-year-old man sustained a bloody gash on his nose after being allegedly assaulted by four employees of the Phoenix Hospital, Borivli West, on Monday night. Rohit Pawar claimed that he was attacked when he tried taking pictures of three of them smoking outside the health facility in PPE suits.

Borivli police have registered a cross non-cognisable offence in the case for abusing and assaulting Pawar, and abuse and assault of the hospital staff. Pawar, a resident of Charkop, Kandivli had gone to a building near the hospital when he noticed them smoking. Pawar said, "I had gone there with my boss Rajiv Naik to give the client COVID-19 protection equipment when we saw the three smoking in PPE suits. I tried taking pictures but they noticed and ran back inside."