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A 42-year-old rickshaw driver in Chembur, Mumbai, died after receiving treatment and an injection from a person posing as a doctor, who had no medical qualifications. The incident followed severe swelling and pain after the man had a molar extracted at Lions Club Charitable Trust Hospital. 

The man’s condition worsened, so his wife took him to a clinic where the unqualified person looked after him. This “quack” administered an injection near his waist, then sent him home with medicine for a charge of Rs 400. Later, he had difficulty breathing. When the family returned to the clinic, he was refused further treatment. He was taken to Sion Hospital but was declared dead on arrival. 

His wife filed a complaint and the police registered a First Information Report (FIR) against the accused under several sections of the Indian Penal Code: cheating, impersonation, causing death by negligence. The Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act also applies. A medical health officer found that the accused held no recognised medical degree.