Doctors detained while marching towards Parliament against NMC bill's passage

Forty doctors were detained by the Delhi Police while they were marching towards Parliament on Thursday to protest the passage of the National Medical Council Bill in the Rajya Sabha. The police said the protesting doctors who arrived at the Central Secretariat metro station were detained and taken to Mandir Marg Police Station.

They were questioned and let off later, police added. The area around Parliament saw heavy deployment of police and the roads around it were barricaded, slowing vehicular movement in the area.