A 56-year-old man, identified as Israr, has been arrested for allegedly assaulting doctors and misbehaving with the nursing staff at Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital in Delhi, officials said on Thursday. The incident comes at a time when doctors across the country are protesting over the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee at a Kolkata hospital. 

According to the police, Israr, who runs a spare parts shop, had taken his wife to the hospital in Northeast Delhi for treatment on Wednesday night.