Lucknow: A Biology trainer, Shahsivendra Patel, posed as a health care provider was arrested after a affected person beneath ‘his care’ died. He duped households of Covid sufferers by promising to arrange Intensive Care Units (ICU) at their properties.
He was caught after the spouse of the deceased, P.Ok. Vashishtha, lodged a grievance towards Patel.
Patel had been operating a racket after he arrange a ‘good clinic’ after opening a medical agency, preliminary probe revealed. He claimed to be its zonal supervisor and chief advertising officer of this pretend medical agency.
As the second wave started, Patel duped individuals by claiming to be a health care provider & having a tie-up with a hospital. According to an IANS report, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP), East Zone, Qasim Abidi stated Patel used to contact Covid sufferers looking for medical session and therapy at residence.
“He teaches biology to students of classes VI to X at a government school in Safdarganj, Barabanki. He used his basic knowledge of medical terms like oxygen saturation, pulse rate, blood pressure and other terms to impress patients and their attendants”, the ADCP was quoted by IANS.
And added, “He even promised to set up a temporary intensive care unit at the residence of Covid patients and used to charge heavy fee for treatment. He used to wear a white apron like doctors but never visited the house of a patient himself. He would send his driver for treatment”.
P.Ok. Vashishtha’s spouse filed a grievance which uncovered the racket after Patel pressurised her to pay him Rs.1.5 lakh as his charge and bills on therapy. She refused then Patel threatened her with dire penalties.
It is believed that there are lots of others concerned with him on this racket and the police is at the moment amassing name particulars from telephone to determine them. There are different sources that counsel Patel was concerned in defrauding the schooling division, Patel’s previous can even be regarded into to hint his felony previous.
With the spike in Covid instances through the second wave there have been rise in comparable felony actions. Recently, the Delhi Police Crime Branch Inter State Cell has busted a Nalanda-based interstate gang of cyber fraudsters who cheat determined individuals in search of assist. They would idiot individuals within the pretext of supplying oxygen cylinders, concentrators and so on. ask for cash however nothing will flip up.
