ghaziabad a 38yearold health worker at mmg district hospital who was involved in carrying out doortodoor survey to identify covid19 patients was allegedly thrashed by few cops outside his home in pilkhuwa while he was on his way to the hospital on fridayravindra kumar apparently suffered a fracture in one hand and bruises on his knees his colleagues subsequently staged a protest at the district hospital and threatened to go on strike if an action was not taken against the cops later in the day a complaint was filed at the hapur police station in his complaint kumar a resident of dabariya in pilkhuwa said he left for the hospital in ghaziabad around 930am from his home and as soon as he reached gandhi road which is quite near to pilkhuwa police station around 810 cops stopped his motorcycle i tried to tell them that i am employed in the hospitals tuberculosis wing but at present is a part of the covid19 surveillance team there was a vehicular pass pasted on the front of the vehicle but calling it fake they damaged the front of the twowheeler even before i could take out my identity card threefour policemen hit me with sticks they also tore the motorcycles tyre using a knife kumar told toikumar subsequently called his colleague and with his help reached the district hospital once the news spread health staff gathered at the emergency ward and staged a protestsanjay yadav general secretary all india tb employees said the attack on the medical staff is reprehensible we demanded that strict action be taken against the erring copskumars medical test was done and a written complaint was handed over to the circle officer 1 city dharmendra singh chauhan who informed that it was forwarded to hapur sp for further action