Thane hospital assault case: Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre gets bail

KALYAN: A local court on Tuesday granted bail to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, days after his arrest for allegedly assaulting doctors and medical staff at a civic hospital in Dombivli.Mhatre had been remanded to judicial custody by the court on Monday after the expiry of his police custody. Soon after, his counsel moved a bail application, which came up for hearing on Tuesday.During the hearing, the police opposed the bail plea, arguing that Mhatre had several criminal cases registered against him in the past and sought rejection of his application.The defence, however, submitted that in almost all the earlier cases cited by the police, Mhatre had either been acquitted or the proceedings had been quashed, and that only one criminal case was currently pending against him.According to police, Mhatre and his aides allegedly attacked two doctors and other hospital staff after a family was advised to shift a newborn…