A gang of armed men beat up doctors and other staff of a nursing home when they tried to resist vandalism at the medical facility at Serampore in Hooghly district, police said today.

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The trouble started when about 10 to 12 miscreants barged into the private nursing home and asked doctors to treat their wounded colleague last evening.

As the gang refused to sign official papers, they beat up the receptionist. Brandishing pistol they asked the doctors to treat the man quickly at the ICU. They also vandalised the medical facility.

Before police could reach the spot, they fled.

Superintendent of Police Sukesh Jain said identification of the gang was being done with the help of the CCTV footage.