Thane, February 9 A ward boy who posed as a doctor was arrested in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, after two injections he allegedly administered to a 21-year-old woman resulted in her death, a police official said on Monday. The incident took place on February 5, the Vashi police station official said. "Prachiti Bhikuram Bhuvad's family contacted Sandesh Yashwant Pashte, who represented himself as a doctor, to treat her for irregular periods. He visited her residence in Sector 11 and claimed she was suffering from Polycystic Ovary Disorder (PCOD). He charged the family Rs 15,000 for a five-injection course, which he claimed he would administer personally," the official said. On February 5, he administered two injections, following which Bhuvad fell unconscious, leaving Pashte in a state of panic, the official said. "Pashte asked the victim's father to discard a bag containing the used syringes and medical waste in the trash. Bhuvad was rushed to a nearby hospital where she died two hours later. Upon being confronted by her family, Pashte admitted he was a ward boy in a private nursing home in Andheri in Mumbai," the official said. Based on the family's complaint, Pashte was booked and arrested on February 6 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, cheating by personation, and other offences, he said.
Thane, February 9 A ward boy who posed as a doctor was arrested in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, after two injections he allegedly administered to a 21-year-old woman resulted in her death, a police official said on Monday. The incident took place on February 5, the Vashi police station official said. "Prachiti Bhikuram Bhuvad's family contacted Sandesh Yashwant Pashte, who represented himself as a doctor, to treat her for irregular periods. He visited her residence in Sector 11 and claimed she was suffering from Polycystic Ovary Disorder (PCOD). He charged the family Rs 15,000 for a five-injection course, which he claimed he would administer personally," the official said. On February 5, he administered two injections, following which Bhuvad fell unconscious, leaving Pashte in a state of panic, the official said. "Pashte asked the victim's father to discard a bag containing the used syringes and medical waste in the trash. Bhuvad was rushed to a nearby hospital where she died two hours later. Upon being confronted by her family, Pashte admitted he was a ward boy in a private nursing home in Andheri in Mumbai," the official said. Based on the family's complaint, Pashte was booked and arrested on February 6 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, cheating by personation, and other offences, he said.