'Fake' cardiologist of MP held in Prayagraj; NHRC probes death of patients treated by him
Bhopal/Damoh, Apr 7 (PTI): Police on Monday arrested Narendra John Camm, an alleged fake cardiologist who is being linked to death of seven patients at a missionary hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, from adjoining Uttar Pradesh, a senior official said.
On Sunday midnight, police registered a First Information Report (FIR) against the accused, who allegedly possesses a bogus medical degree, on forgery and dishonest misappropriation charges on a complaint by Damoh district's Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) MK Jain.
Damoh Superintendent of Police (SP) Shrut Kirti Somwanshi told PTI, "The accused, Dr Narendra John Camm, was arrested from Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh). Our team conducted a raid and arrested him. Our team is bringing him here."
The accused will be produced in court after he is brought to Damoh, he said.
The police officer said the accused will be interrogated on questions raised by the CMHO in his complaint.
"In the original complaint (submitted to NHRC), there was a mention of death of seven patients at Mission Hospital. Another complaint (filed by CMHO Jain) was related to verification of the doctor's degree," the SP said.
Primary verification revealed the doctor's certificate was fake, Somwanshi said.
The FIR was registered against Camm under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 315 (4) (dishonest misappropriation), 338 (forgery), 336 (3) (creating or altering documents or electronic records with fraudulent intent), 340 (2) (forged documents and electronic records) and 3 (5) (joint criminal liability when a criminal act is committed by several persons in furtherance of a common intention).
The accused was arrested on the basis of charges mentioned in the FIR, the police officer informed.
"About the death of patients in the hospital, the district collector has handed over the probe to the Jabalpur Medical College after the report of CMHO. Further investigation will be conducted on the basis of their (Jabalpur Medical College) report," the SP said.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which received a separate complaint related to death of patients who were treated by the "fake" cardiologist at Damoh Missionary Hospital, is separately conducting a probe into the matter. An NHRC probe team from New Delhi is camping in Damoh, around 260km from Bhopal, and will remain in the district till Wednesday.
As per the complaint lodged with the NHRC by a local resident, the accused, using the name of a famous cardiologist from the UK, 'Dr N John Camm', had shown himself to be educated and trained from abroad.
NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo flagged the use on Friday when he said a case of the untimely death of seven patients has come to light at a missionary hospital in Damoh where a fake doctor was operating on patients in the name of treating heart diseases.
According to the complaint, the real name of the accused is Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav. He misused the name of 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.
District Collector Sudhir Kumar Kochar told reporters the NHRC team has come to Damoh in connection with the complaint regarding the death of patients at the hospital.
"This (NHRC) team has interacted with us and CMHO. They will talk to the (family of) victims and complainants. They will carry out inquiry till Wednesday," he said.
The NHRC team will share details of their probe with police, Kochar maintained.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav ordered the health department to take strict action into the matter.
"We are aware of the incident. Our government is taking strict action and is continuously in touch with the Central government. I have instructed the health department to take strict action against such practises, if any, at other places (as well)," Yadav noted.
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Tortured and forced into 'cyber slavery', 60 Indians rescued from Myanmar; five agents held
Mumbai (PTI): The cyber wing of Maharashtra Police has rescued more than 60 Indian nationals who were tortured and forced into cyber slavery in Myanmar, and arrested five agents, including a foreign national, a senior official said here on Friday.
The victims in the case were promised high-paying jobs abroad, but were threatened and physically tortured to commit cyber frauds there, he said.
This is perhaps the biggest action taken by the Maharashtra Cyber in a cyber slavery case with the help of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), he said.
Cyber slavery is an emerging form of exploitation that begins with online deception and evolves into physical human trafficking.
Maharashtra Cyber has registered three First Information Reports (FIRs) in this connection, he said.
The racketeers contacted the victims through social media platforms and lured them with high-paying jobs in Thailand and other East Asian countries, he said.
The agents arranged passports and flight tickets for the victims and sent them to Thailand on tourist visas. After landing in the country, they were sent to the Myanmar border, where they were made to cross a river in small boats.
On entering Myanmar, the victims were taken to guarded compounds controlled by armed rebel groups, where they were forced to commit cyber frauds ranging from 'digital arrest' scams to fake investment schemes on an industrial scale.
Maharashtra Cyber, along with other agencies, rescued the victims, the official said, without giving details as to whether the operation was carried out inside Myanmar.
Additional Director General of Police (Maharashtra Cyber) Yashasvi Yadav said, "The accused include facilitators who helped the victims to take them to Myanmar."
"During the investigation of the case, four accused were arrested by the Goa Police, while we arrested the main accused from Mumbai, who was an Indian conduit," he said, adding that of the 60 victims, some could be named as accused if they were found to have played a role in it.
In order to force the victims into cyber frauds, the accused persons used to torture them. In some cases, they would even pull out the nails of the victims. The passports of the victims were seized, and they were subjected to torture and threats, he said.
After their rescue, the victims threw light on the network of agents and fraudulent call centre companies which lured job aspirants from India. Some of these companies operated under the garb of employment agencies, he said.
Manish Grey alias Maddy, Taisan alias Aaditya Ravi Chandran, Rupnarayan Ramdhar Gupta, Jensi Rani D and Chinese-Kazakhstani national Talaniti Nulaxi were arrested for allegedly acting as recruitment agents.
Manish Grey alias Maddy is a professional actor who has appeared in web series and television shows, the official said.
Along with others, Grey allegedly recruited unsuspecting individuals and facilitated their trafficking to Myanmar, he added.
Talaniti Nulaxi was allegedly planning to set up a unit in India to commit cybercrimes, he said, adding that further probe was on.
Sharing his experience, one of the victims, Satish, said that he was offered a job as a restaurant manager in Thailand.
"After reaching Thailand, the agent took us to the Myanmar border, and we were not aware that he had sold us for 5,000 dollars per person," he said.
"They seized our passports on day one. They used to beat us and force us into committing cyber frauds, including extortion, digital arrests and cheating," he said.
"In case anybody refused to work, the accused persons would terrorise us with a gunman, who was deputed at the workplace, and torture us," he said, adding some of them were even threatened with organ removal.
The area where these people were taken, known as Miawadi, is in the control of rebels, and people there carry with them AK-47 rifles and automatic weapons, he said.
Another victim, Monukumar Sharma, a resident of Naigaon in Palghar district told PTI that the racketeers used to torture the workers by using different means.
"In case a worker refused to work or reacted sharply, he would be beaten up," he said.
"We were fixed a salary of 25,000 Thai Bahts, but they found some reason or the other to deduct our salary. If someone was found sitting with crossed legs, the accused person would cut half the salary of that person," Sharma said.
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