Anil Deskmukh, senior police inspector, Kapurbawadi police station confirmed a case being registered on Thursday for cheating under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. “We have arrested one of the doctors Parvez Shaikh, 34, an MBBS doctor who was part of the cheating and further search to arrest other doctors is going on,” added Deskmukh.
The police said that the patient Dilip Babar from Nalasopara was about to get admitted at the centre and required ICU bed. The patient’s son Sachin Babar, 34, had paid Rs 1.50 lakh to some doctors. However after he approached Avinash Jadhav, President, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. Jadhav gave a letter to the Municipal Commissioner of Thane on April 22 at 1 pm. He demanded an investigation and action against the doctor and a case should be registered.
The police said Dilip Babar was admitted at Bed number 4 on the fifth floor of ICU centre in the hospital. Dilip’s son Sachin in his statement to police said his father was showing symptoms of COVID-19. So he took him to Seven Hills Hospital in Andheri and found the beds were full.
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