BJP leader Jaspal Arora abused and threatened to strip a doctor after he allegedly refused to medically examine a victim of sodomy.

Alarmed by the mass resignation of doctors at the government district hospital in Sehore, state BJP President Nand Kumar Chauhan has served a show cause notice to party leader Jaspal Arora asking him to explain his misbehavior with the doctors on Wednesday.

BJP leader Jaspal Arora abused and threatened to strip a doctor after he allegedly refused to medically examine a victim of sodomy.

Arora also threatened the chief medical officer of the district hospital and his supporters created ruckus inside the premises after the victim alleged he was being neglected.

An onlooker recorded the incident, in which the BJP leader can be seen threatening and abusing doctors of the Sehore District Hospital.

Speaking to India Today, the doctor who was allegedly threatened by Arora said that he was busy attending a patient who eventually died.

DOCTORS REFUSE TO WITHDRAW RESIGNATIONS

"I told the relatives of the victim to wait for sometime as I was dealing with an emergency case but they were adamant and wanted me to speak with Arora on the phone immediately. I did not do that and within five minutes, he reached the hospital and without listening to my side of the story started abusing me. He also threatened to strip me in public," he said.

The doctors at the hospital reacted to Jaspal Arora's threat by tendering a mass resignation.

On Thursday, work at the hospital came to a grinding halt as doctors left for Bhopal to bring the matter before the state health minister and other senior officials.

In an attempt to diffuse the situation, government officials directed the district police to register an FIR against the BJP leader.

Late on Thursday, police registered a case under Sections 294, 353 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code against BJP leader Jaspal Arora.

The doctors, however, have refused to withdraw their resignations, saying they need security at the hospital.

A senior doctor from Sehore said, "It has become a fashion to threaten and abuse doctors at the hospital. And this is not the first time that Jaspal Arora has misbehaved with doctors. All the doctors have decided not to withdraw their resignations till the time he is arrested and adequate security is provided at the hospital."

Meanwhile the OPD at the hospital remained shut for the second consecutive day on Friday.