Four injured after being assaulted by AIIMS security guards

Four people, including the father of a patient, were injured after allegedly being assaulted by security guards outside the trauma centre at AIIMS, police said Sunday.

While the hospitals authorities said that the group of relatives had forcibly tried to enter the building where the patient was admitted, her father claimed the guards had misbehaved with his wife and thrashed them with sticks when he tried to raise the issue.

Five guards were booked in connection with the incident and detained, they said.

"A 37-year-old woman complained that the security guards thrashed her husband and assaulted her sister at the gate of the trauma centre," Deputy Commissioner of Police (South West) Devender Arya said.

A case was registered at Safdurjung Police Station, he said, adding CCTV footage was being analysed.

"At around 3 pm, a group of people came to see the patient who is admitted on the seventh floor of the trauma centre building. It was led by a woman and they tried to barge inside through