Nagpur: Another incident of a fake medical certificate has come to light in Maharashtra. A man, flaunting a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery certificate and grossly playing with citizens health has been booked by Nagpur police recently who was allegedly running a clinic for six years. The accused has fleed to avoid the arrest and cops are in search of the absconding accused.

The accused, Manoj Kumar Hanwate (42), a resident of Samta Nagar, opened his clinic in the Jaripatka area six years ago and has been treating people since. Some patients lodged complaints with the civic health department, and Hanwate’s medical degree was submitted to the Medical Council for verification.

The Medical Council recently informed that Hanwate’s degree was fake, following which a police complaint was registered. However, the accused fleed to avoid the police arrest.

Hanwate was practicing medicine at Nara, near Samta Nagar since 2018 flaunting a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery certificate. He had converted his residence into a clinic at Samta Nagar where he distributed medicines and treated patients without a valid medicine degree, the report added.

This is not the first case of fake doctors treating patients. Lately, several cases of people with forged medical degrees treating patients have come to the fore. In some cases, patients have died, unaware that they were been treated by a fake doctor.

In such case last month, the Nalasopara police in Maharashtra arrested a Class 12 dropout who allegedly posed as a doctor and treated patients for over a decade without having a valid degree and licence. While, a 15-year-old boy in Bihar’s Saran district died after a fake doctor performed gallbladder surgery, allegedly following instructions from YouTube.

In another shocking case, a fake doctor, practising in nine hospitals, was arrested in a medical negligence case after the death of a 60-year-old man died in Kerala’s Kozhikode.

Mumbai: A 71-year-old retired Indian Navy official was duped of over Rs 23 lakh by cyber scammers posing as insurance company officials in an insurance policy scam. According to the Navi Mumbai police, the complainant is a resident of Navi Mumbai.

About The Case

In November last year, the complainant’s wife had passed away and in February, he received a phone call from a person informing that his wife had taken an insurance policy in 2014 of Rs 45 lakh. The complainant was told to pay Rs 23lakh and he would be entitled for an amount of Rs 45 lakh by December this year. To gain his trust, the scammers shared bogus documents of an insurance company with the complainant on WhatsApp.

Between February 28 and June 21, the complainant transferred the money in multiple beneficiary bank accounts provided by the scammers. Later, when the complainant inquired with the company, he realised that he had been scammed. A case has been registered under sections 318 (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 66C (identity theft) of the Information Technology Act in the matter.

Mira-Bhayandar: In continuation with their crackdown against anti-social elements, the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police busted a gambling den that was found to be operating from a plush bungalow in Bhayandar on Thursday.

Two Held Including A Woman

According to the police, two people including a woman along with the den operator identified as-Milind Sudhakar Mhatre (44) were taken into custody and booked under the relevant section of the Maharashtra Prevention of Gambling Act, 1987 for their indulgence in the illegal activities.

Acting on a tip-off a team led by police sub inspector-Prasad Gowle armed with a search warrant swooped down on the second floor of Bhagyashree bungalow located in Murdha village area of Bhayandar (west) at around 6 pm. The police team rounded up the gamblers who were found to be indulging in placing monetary bets on card games.

Gambling Material Seized During Raid

Besides gambling material including packs of cards and plastic chips of various colours (which players can convert in-game winnings into cash), cash amounting more than Rs. 7,400 was seized during the raid. Further investigations were underway.

After lodges and flats in posh residential areas, bungalows located in the rural outskirts of the twin-city seem to have become favourite spots for gamblers to conduct their nefarious activities.