A group of three miscreants beat up an on-duty doctor in Gorkha Hospital on Sunday. 

According to Hari Kumar Shrestha, acting medical superintendent at the hospital, the assailants locked up Dr Abinash Parajuli in a hospital room and beat him over his alleged carelessness in treating a patient. 

The hospital administration asked the district administration to take strong action against the guilty. 

Search is underway to detain the suspects, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Lilaraj Lamichhane.