Haridwar: The police on Sunday arrested a man for posing as a doctor at Patanjali Hospital and allegedly extorting money from patients in exchange of fixing appointments with doctors. The matter was brought to the notice by the employees of the hospital, who found the accused roaming on the premises of Patanjali Yogpeeth, posing as a doctor.
Raman Panwar of Divya Yog Mandir Trust said that when the employees questioned the man's identity, he claimed his name was Dr Ashok and said he was a practising doctor at Yogpeeth Hospital. The employees recovered an identity card bearing ID No 92X53 with name Dr Rahul Singh and office address of Patanjali Hospital, Anandam city, Haridwar, from the man. However, the code was found to be fake. On further questioning, the employees learnt that the man used to charge money from patients, who came to the hospital for treatment by assuring them of expediting their treatment process by fixing appointments with doctors immediately. After this, the employees thrashed the man and handed him over to the police.
