Doctor arrested for allegedly forcing patients to buy drugs from relative's store
Two FIRs were lodged on May 11 against the doctor who was absconding. He was arrested from Sitapur when he was waiting for a bus there, Superintendent of Police, S Anand said.
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Shahjahanpur: A doctor working at a hospital here was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly forcing patients to purchase medicines from his relative's medical store, police said.
Two FIRs were lodged on May 11 against the doctor who was absconding. He was arrested from Sitapur when he was waiting for a bus there, Superintendent of Police, S Anand told PTI.
The FIRs were filed on the basis of a complaint by Mahmudpur village resident Rajneesh who alleged that there was a huge difference between the cost of medicines sold at the store recommended by the doctor and others.
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