Telangana police arrest Class 10-failed ‘doctor’ who ‘specialised’ in treating piles and fistula

A tip-off led the police and Deputy District Health Officer to Biswas’s Priyanka Clinic.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vaibhav Gaikwad told reporters that the accused had failed in Class 10. He had worked as a senior compounder under different doctors and used that experience to treat patients. He had earlier worked with his grandfather, who too treated patients. The older man was not a qualified doctor.

A preliminary probe revealed that Biswas used to see around 30 patients a month and charged a consultation fee of ₹100. He referred patients to different hospitals and diagnostic centres in Warangal, Hanamkonda and Kazipet, the DCP said.

The accused and documents and materials seized from the clinic have been handed over to Station Ghanpur police. Further investigations are on to ascertain how many surgeries the accused had performed.

Stethoscopes, rubber stamps, a patients’ register, a letter pad, business cards, referral sheets, Allopathy and Ayurvedic medicines, and a smartphone were among the materials seized, police said.

The police have charged him with cheating and other provisions of the Indian Penal Code, and the Drugs and Magic Remedies Act.

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