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Patna, Jan 24: Two health workers from Bihar's Jamui district were reportedly seen fighting and hitting each other which has surfaced online. An investigation has started to probe the incident, officials said today.

Footage of the incident, from a primary health centre in Laxmipur block of Jamui, showed two women health workers grabbing and pulling at each other's hair as a man tries to intervene and stop them. However, the two continue trying to hit each other using their hands and slippers.

The fight broke out on Sunday, January 23 after ASHA worker Rintu Kumari took a newborn child to Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) Ranjana Kumari for a BCG vaccine shot (used to prevent tuberculosis in infants), officials said.

However, the ANM worker was accused of demanding Rs 500 for the vaccine shot, following which an argument started and a clash broke out between the two health workers near the maternity ward.

After receiving information on the incident, senior officials of the hospital have started an investigating into the matter. No action has been taken against the workers yet, officials said.