MP: 5 day police custody for 'fake' doctor

A COURT in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh on Tuesday (8) remanded alleged fake cardiologist, Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav - also known as Dr N John Camm, linked to the death of seven patients, to police custody for five days.

A day earlier, he was arrested in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

"Chief Judicial Magistrate Sneha Singh remanded Camm to police custody for five days on our request," Public Prosecutor Satish Kapasya told PTI.

Police had registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Camm amid allegations that he possesses a bogus medical degree on charges of forgery and dishonest misappropriation on a complaint lodged by Damoh district's chief medical and health officer MK Jain.

A police official said the accused would be interrogated on questions raised by the medical official in his complaint.

"In the original complaint (submitted to National Human Rights Commission), there was a mention of the death of seven patients at Mission Hospital. Another complaint (filed by Jain) was related to verification of the doctor's degree," the SP had said.

Primary verification has found that the doctor's certificate was fake, Somwanshi said.

The 53-year-old has worked as a doctor for almost two decades.

The accused was arrested based on charges mentioned in the FIR, the police officer added.

According to Jain's complaint, the real name of the accused is Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav.

He misused the name of famous UK cardiologist Professor John Camm to mislead patients and they died due to his wrong treatment.

In his complaint, CMHO Jain alleged Camm had committed a fraud by performing angiography and angioplasty on patients at the Mission Hospital without being registered with the Madhya Pradesh Medical Council.

The NHRC is separately conducting a probe into the matter.

Years ago, Yadav allegedly opened a Twitter account under the UK cardiologist's name and posted tweets on contentious political issues. The account was later taken down.

Regarding the latest incident, the UK cardiologist Professor John Camm told Indian Express that the news was very upsetting.