Nagpur: Siddhanth Jain, 22, who claimed to be ‘junior resident in medicine’, was in fact an imposter, masquerading as a doctor at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) for the last two months.
Jain, who was arrested on Thursday by Ajni police, had also allegedly worked at the Covid ward.
A nursing graduate, Jain claimed before the police that he had been merely trying to practice his skills and also trying to fulfil his dream of becoming a doctor.
GMCH authorities and police feel Jain may be concealing his ulterior motives behind posing as a doctor.
The cops are also probing whether Jain got a number of patients admitted during the Covid peak by introducing them as his relatives.
It’s likely Jain accepted cash from the patients to get admission in the hospital during Covid peak.
Donning an overcoat like doctors, Jain would also wear a name plate with ‘MBBS’ embossed on it.
It’s learnt he stays with his widowed mother at Mahal.
His mother runs a tiffin service, it’s learnt.
Police said Jain would walk into the wards and check documents of the patients and also diagnose them.
“Jain would introduce himself as chief medical officer (CMO) to resident doctors and vice versa,” said senior inspector Vinod Choudhury of Ajni police station.
“He was spotted collecting swabs at Covid wards, and also seen taking rounds too,” he said.
Jain had come under suspicion as neither CMOs nor resident doctors could identify him or recollect seeing him in any classes or practical sessions.
Police said Jain had managed to sneak away from the hospital after realizing he had been caught out.
The GMCH authorities alerted Ajni police a couple of weeks back, following which his CCTV grabs were collected.
Jain was trapped after he returned to the hospital on Thursday and was handed over to Ajni police station.