Promising Knee Pain Cure: Fake Doctor Dupes 66-Year-Old by Extracting Pus 153 Times

Ahmedabad: In a case of alleged scam, a 66-year-old man has been defrauded of around Rs 6 lakh by a Mumbai-based fake doctor and his assistant, who allegedly extracted pus from the elderly man's knee 153 times, promising to relieve his pain.

The so-called doctor who identified himself as 'Dr Patil' charged Rs 6,000 per session from the elderly man in the pus extraction process. The bill which amounted to around Rs 9 lakh was negotiated later and the complainant paid him Rs 6 lakh for the procedure. 

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As per the TOI news report, the incident took place on December 15 when the complainant, a resident of Pavitranagar in Isanpur was limping out of a hotel on CG Road due to leg pain and was approached by a man. Observing his condition, the man recommended a doctor named 'Dr Patil' claiming his father had greatly benefited from his treatments.

Following this, he gave the doctor's contact details to the complainant. After reaching out to the doctor, a home visit was scheduled at 9.30 am on December 17. Subsequently, the doctor and his assistant Raju Patil arrived at his residence, examined his knee, and claimed they needed to extract pus as part of the treatment for 6,000 per session.

To extract a large sum of money, they extracted pus from the elderly man's knee 153 times and billed him Rs 9 lakh. Later, the amount was negotiated and it came down to Rs 6 lakh. 

The alleged fraud came to light when the man shared the experience with his daughter over a phone call. He even sent his visiting card to her. Suspicious with how the procedure went, the daughter googled about the doctor but failed to get any information about him. 

Realising that he was scammed, the man approached the Isanpur police on Tuesday and registered a case against the duo under relevant charges. 

In his complaint, the doctor said, "When Rasika searched online, she could not find any clinic matching the name and address on the card. It became clear that the two men were fraudsters who provided fake treatment to dupe me out of the money."

Police sub-inspector DA Baranda of Isanpur police station told the Indian Express, “We have found that the accused is not a doctor and have sent out a team to arrest him. Investigation regarding the other accused persons is underway.”

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