<p>A 53-year-old man has been arrested in south Delhi’s Munirka area for practising allopathic medicine without having requisite medical qualification, police said on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to Chhaya Sharma, deputy commissioner of police (south), Suresh Verma is not a registered medical practitioner, but was running a clinic named ‘Santosh Clinic’ at Munirka village.<br /><br />“The action was taken over guidelines issued by Delhi Medical Council to curb activities of quack medical practitioners in the Capital,” Sharma said.<br /><br />A raid was conducted at Santosh Clinic where Verma claimed to be an MBBS doctor. A police team asked him to produce his medical degree, which he failed to do so.<br /><br />“Later, during interrogation he broke down and disclosed that he did not have any medical degree. He was arrested and incriminatory documents were recovered from his clinic,” Sharma added.<br /><br />A case under the Delhi Medical Council Act was lodged with Vasant Vihar police station. <br />Suresh said he studied up to class 10. “His mother expired during his childhood due to tuberculosis. Since then he had a strong desire to become a doctor,” Sharma said.</p>
<p>A 53-year-old man has been arrested in south Delhi’s Munirka area for practising allopathic medicine without having requisite medical qualification, police said on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to Chhaya Sharma, deputy commissioner of police (south), Suresh Verma is not a registered medical practitioner, but was running a clinic named ‘Santosh Clinic’ at Munirka village.<br /><br />“The action was taken over guidelines issued by Delhi Medical Council to curb activities of quack medical practitioners in the Capital,” Sharma said.<br /><br />A raid was conducted at Santosh Clinic where Verma claimed to be an MBBS doctor. A police team asked him to produce his medical degree, which he failed to do so.<br /><br />“Later, during interrogation he broke down and disclosed that he did not have any medical degree. He was arrested and incriminatory documents were recovered from his clinic,” Sharma added.<br /><br />A case under the Delhi Medical Council Act was lodged with Vasant Vihar police station. <br />Suresh said he studied up to class 10. “His mother expired during his childhood due to tuberculosis. Since then he had a strong desire to become a doctor,” Sharma said.</p>
