Rajasthan: Picking up doctor's credentials, Quack found practicing for four months

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treatments to the patients from the last 4 months.

Few days after joining the healthcare centre, the hospital administration started receiving complaints against him. A serious alarm was raised after a heart patient treated by him was referred to another hospital raised questions on the management.

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Following the incident, a team of officials was sent to his native place to enquire on the matter. After going through the voter ID and other details on the website of Election Commission, his fake identity was revealed. He was working in the hospital in the name of Dr Manoj with the fake identity proof. After gaining the information of Dr Manoj through the MCI website, a team was sent to his place.

Pawan Kumar Chobe, station house officer of Ranoli police station told the HT, "The sad part is that many innocent patients of the area unknowingly fell victim to the 'fake doctor' before he was finally caught by the police. When the hospital administration enquired about his degrees, he admitted that it did not belong to him. Following that, an FIR against Baghel was lodged.

Following the incident, the quack was arrested by the Rajasthan Police under section 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of document) and 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating).

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