Nagpur: The Nagpur police has booked a man was allegedly using a bogus Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery certificate and was playing with the life of citizens for the last six years. This is the second incident of a fake medical certificate has come to light in Maharashtra. The accused had converted his residence into a clinic at Samta Nagar where he distributed medicines and treated patients without a valid medicine degree. The accused has fled the clinic 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, news agency PTI’s report said. 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.