The staff of the Malegaon General Hospital stopped work on Wednesday in protest, after an MLA allegedly abused and threatened a civil surgeon in his cabin, and his supporters manhandled employees. The MLA was arrested by the police on Thursday, and a hunt for his supporters is on.

The Malegaon General Hospital, in a police complaint, alleged that a group of people led by AIMIM MLA Mufti Ismail, abused and threatened civil surgeon Dr Kishor Dange, and also manhandled one of the staffers on Wednesday around 7.30 pm.