Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre was arrested on Friday for allegedly assaulting doctors and staff at a hospital in Dombivli, The Indian Express reported.

He had surrendered to the police on Wednesday but was taken to hospital after he complained of health problems. After being discharged, he was taken into police custody.

The assault took place at the Shastri Nagar Hospital on Monday after doctors asked the family of a pregnant woman to transfer her to another hospital because there were no beds available in the neonatal intensive care unit, which the newborn was expected to require.

The family contacted Mhatre, a municipal corporator from the Shiv Sena faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who arrived at the hospital with his supporters, according to the police.

Surveillance camera footage shared on social media showed the corporator and his associates punching and slapping the hospital staff.

Mhatre had been absconding till Wednesday. Three of his associates had been arrested earlier.

The police have registered a case against Mhatre and his associates under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to assaulting a public servant, voluntarily causing hurt, criminal intimidation, unlawful assembly and rioting.

They were also booked under the Maharashtra Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property Act.

Mhatre has denied assaulting a woman doctor. He said that he had only tried to take her mobile phone while she was speaking on it during a discussion about the patient’s condition.

On Tuesday, the doctor who was assaulted resigned, saying that he does not feel safe returning to work. The 26-year-old resident medical officer at the hospital operated by the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation said he had left the city after receiving threats and would “never go back”.

“I have resigned because there is a lot of fear,” he told NDTV. “Goons are watching us, and I have already left the city. They are very dangerous people. The other doctors may continue working there, but I cannot.”

Edited by Tanya Shrivastava.