There was drama at KEM Hospital in Parel last morning, after a ward boy was allegedly beaten up with a belt, threatened and then detained by a constable from Bhoiwada police station, after it was suspected that he had stolen from a doctor’s room in the hospital’s hostel premises.

The constable allegedly used his belt to assault Surve (above), who sustained minor injuries on his back

Speaking to MiD DAY, the victim, Suryakant Surve, said, “I was sitting on the 11th floor of the hostel building, which houses the quarters of a second year resident, Dr Manoj Bachau, of the hospital’s plastic surgery department. After he had taken his bath, he approached me, saying that his wallet, containing Rs 8,000 and a credit card, was missing from his room.”
“He then asked me why his room door was open, and whether I had seen his missing wallet. I informed him that I had no knowledge about it,” added Surve.