Man running hospital using bogus medical degree booked

Vadodara: The Narmada police have booked a man for culpable homicide not amounting to murder for running a hospital with a fake medical degree. Thirty-nine-year-old Bhavesh Kukadiya had started a hospital in Rajpipla about three years ago and hundreds of persons have been treated there. The police said that 37 persons died during the treatment at his hospital, a majority of the death took place last year.
“We suspect that the deaths that happened last year must be due to Covid. The investigators will seek his remand soon and interrogate Kukadiya,” said Himkar Singh, Narmada superintendent of police. Kukadiya is currently lodged in Vadodara central jail after he was arrested by the city police for creating fake Covid treatment documents to claim insurance money.
During investigations, Vadodara police found out that the registration number he gave was in the name of a female doctor. After getting intimation from Vadodara police, the Narmada police started an investigation to find out if his medical degree was genuine. “He produced a medical degree and claimed to have completed his MBBS from Kyrgyzstan. We sent an email to the university which said that no student by the name of Bhavesh Kukadiya studied there. So, we booked him for forgery too,” Singh told TOI.
The cops have booked five separate offences against him, two of which are by private citizens. “The 37 deaths we have mentioned are from the municipal records. We suspect that many more persons may have died at his hospital. We will question him about the source of his bogus medical degree and if anyone is involved in the racket,” Singh added.
Kukadiya and his wife were arrested by the city police in January this year after investigations revealed that he had produced fake hospitalization papers to claim insurance of Rs 2.50 lakh.