# Hyderabad police arrest 12 fake doctors in raids 2026-08-26T09:47:10+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Hyderabad Task Force Police have arrested 12 people allegedly practising medicine with fake degrees during raids in Jubilee Hills and Secunderabad. The accused had no proper medical qualifications but were running clinics, administering saline and injections, and prescribing medicines without licences. Among those arrested was a woman with paramedical training who allegedly ran a clinic without permissions for nearly four years. Police seized saline bottles, BP monitors, medicines and surgical equipment from the clinics. The accused were reportedly treating 50 to 100 patients a day, charging between Rs 50 and Rs 200 per patient. Cases have been registered at various police stations, and further investigation is underway. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Telangana has seen a series of crackdowns on unqualified medical practitioners in recent years, but the scale here is notable: 12 clinics operating openly in affluent neighbourhoods suggests systemic gaps in enforcement. Under the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, practising medicine without registration is a cognisable offence carrying up to one year in prison. The real test will be whether the state health department audits similar clinics across Hyderabad before another patient is harmed. The Hyderabad police's next step is to trace the source of the fake degrees and determine if a racket supplied them to more practitioners. ## Coverage - khaleejtimes.com Straight police-report style, no framing beyond facts from police and Eenadu. This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Hyderabad police, Jubilee Hills, National Medical Commission, Secunderabad, Telangana Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/hyderabad-police-arrest-12-fake-doctors-in-raids/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/hyderabad-police-arrest-12-fake-doctors-in-raids/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/