Fraud : Case filed against man for using registration of dead Doctor in Thane
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Thane: A Case had been lodged against a 55 years old man for using the fake registration of some dead doctor in Maharashtra, an official said on Sunday. According to the police, the accused was treating patients at a hospital on the basis of a fake degree.
The accused, Vinod Rai, had studied only till Class 10 and was treating patients at a hospital in Ulhasnagar town since the last two years on the registration of a doctor who died in 2019, Ulhasnagar police station's senior inspector Madhukar Kad said.
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A medical officer of the Ulhasnagar civic body came across the fraud during an inspection and lodged a police complaint.
The police registered a case against the accused on Friday under Indian Penal Code Sections 419 (cheating by impersonation) and 420 (cheating) and issued a notice to him, the official said, adding that no arrest has been made so far.
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