Fake Ayurveda doctor held in Mumbai
Mumbai Mar 23 PTI A 34-year-old college dropout has been arrested for posing as an Ayurveda doctor and practicing in a health clinic in suburban Malad a police official said on WednesdayAccording to the official the arrest was made recently as a part of a joint operation by the Dindoshi Police and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMCs PNorth Ward The accused identified as Sukesh Gupta had been practicing in the Shivshahi area of Malad for the past four years he saidThe 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 medicinesBMC officials learnt that Gupta had dropped out of college and was treating patients and prescribing them medicinesThe 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 Guptas 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 ActPrimary 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 PTI ZA RSY RSY
Mumbai Mar 23 PTI A 34-year-old college dropout has been arrested for posing as an Ayurveda doctor and practicing in a health clinic in suburban Malad a police official said on WednesdayAccording to the official the arrest was made recently as a part of a joint operation by the Dindoshi Police and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMCs PNorth Ward The accused identified as Sukesh Gupta had been practicing in the Shivshahi area of Malad for the past four years he saidThe 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 medicinesBMC officials learnt that Gupta had dropped out of college and was treating patients and prescribing them medicinesThe 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 Guptas 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 ActPrimary 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 PTI ZA RSY RSY
