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Fake doctor arrested in Gujarat, 31 medicine brands seized
Police in Gujarat's Valsad district arrested Jaykaran Prajapat, 31, for allegedly practising allopathic medicine without a medical degree at a rented house near Valveri Phatak. A raid found him treating patients and…
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Police in Gujarat's Valsad district arrested Jaykaran Prajapat, 31, for allegedly practising allopathic medicine without a medical degree at a rented house near Valveri Phatak. A raid found him treating patients and seized 31 brands of medicines worth Rs 53,751. The accused, originally from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, was booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Medical Practitioners Act.
The arrest is part of a broader drive after a directive from senior police officers to target unqualified practitioners. State data shows 2,724 complaints of bogus doctors were investigated between 2021 and 2023, leading to 169 cases of fake degrees and 154 FIRs. Similar arrests were made in Dahod, Anand and Vadodara earlier this year.
The Indian Opinion
This is not an isolated case but a systemic failure that Gujarat's repeated crackdowns have not cured. The official figure of 2,724 complaints in two years yet only 154 FIRs shows the gap between complaint and consequence. Lax oversight at local PHCs and chemists allows such quacks to operate for decades, as the Anand case shows. The real test is whether this arrest leads to prosecution within months, not years, and whether the district health officer faces action for the unmonitored clinic in Kaprada.
Source: assamtribune.com
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