Pune: A man without a medical degree who was illegally operating a treatment center in Warje has been arrested by the local police.

The accused, Bibhuti Vimal Bagchi (43), was running a center for the treatment of piles in the Anand Hospital area of Warje without proper qualifications or authorization.

The arrest came after a complaint was filed by Dr. Aruna Tarde, a medical officer with the Pune Municipal Corporation, at the Warje Police Station. Bagchi has been charged under the Maharashtra Medical Profession Act and for fraud.

Despite lacking a medical degree and a license to practice, Bagchi had been treating patients at his center. Authorities were alerted by the municipal corporation’s health department, leading to a police investigation.

Although a case has been registered, Bagchi is yet to be taken into custody. Police Constable Bhingardive is overseeing the investigation.

This case follows a similar incident in July, where Prakash Ranganath Torne, who had been running the Janseva Clinic in Loni Kalbhor without a medical degree, was arrested.

Torne had been working as a compounder in a hospital and had been treating patients without proper qualifications for the past five years.

Another case involved the arrest of Mehmood Farukh Sheikh, who was using a false identity and a fake medical degree to treat patients in Koregaon, Shirur Taluka. Sheikh had only studied up to the 10th grade and had previously worked as a compounder in Nanded.

Similarly, P. Ramakrishna Reddy (66) from Keshavnagar, Mundhwa, was arrested for setting up a clinic using a fraudulent certificate obtained from an organization in Uttar Pradesh after working as a surgical assistant before retirement.