Mumbai Police Arrests Quack Doctor, Raids Clinic In Shivaji Nagar

Mumbai Police on Monday has arrested an alleged quack doctor and conducted raids at the clinic he operated without any formal degree or licence in Govandi in Shivaji Nagar, Mumbai.

The accused has been identified as Altaf Hussain Khan (50).

While sharing details about the matter, police stated, “We received information that a clinic in the Shivaji Nagar area of the Govandi locality was being run by a quack without a degree or licence. A police constable posing as a patient was sent to the clinic to verify the information.”

Shortly after the information about the case was verified, raids were conducted at the clinic, and he was arrested.

Subsequently, the police informed that a case has also been registered under Sections 419 & 420 of the IPC and under the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act, 1961.

A ‘quack doctor’ is a fraudulent practitioner or ignorant pretender of medical skills. It is a person who pretends to be able to diagnose or heal people but is unqualified and incompetent.