Mumbai: 'Fake' Ayurveda doctor arrested

Mumbai: In suburban Malad, a police officer has recently arrested a 34-year-old college dropout for posing as an Ayurveda doctor and "practicing" in a health clinic.

According to the official, the arrest was made recently as a part of a joint operation by the Dindoshi Police and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s P/North Ward.

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The accused, identified as Sukesh Gupta, had been "practicing" in the Shivshahi area of Malad for the past four years, he said.

The civic body had been verifying the qualifications of doctors in its jurisdiction after coming across instances where people with fake medical degrees were found treating patients and prescribing medicines. 

BMC officials learnt that Gupta had dropped out of college and was treating patients and prescribing the medicines.

The police official said Gupta was given a warning after which he shut down his clinic, but reopened it after 6 months.

After a complaint was lodged by the BMC, a raid was conducted at Gupta's clinic and he was arrested, he said. Police seized medicines and equipment from his clinic.

He was subsequently booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act.

Primary probe revealed Gupta had put up a BAMS degree certificate at his clinic and an investigation was underway to ascertain from where he had obtained it, the official said.

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Medical Dialogues team had recently published that during a recent inspection at Government Medical College (GMC), two quacks have been arrested for posing as doctors and treating patients at the trauma center of the hospital. The duo was then arrested by the Firozabad police. The principal of GMC created the team after the college received numerous complaints of extortion from patients and their family members as well. The duo has been identified as Sanket Kumar and Deepak Yadav.