The Crime Branch Unit 12 of the Mumbai police has nabbed a fake doctor running a clinic using the Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS) degree of his wife. Parvez Abdul Aziz Shaikh, 46, who was running the clinic in the Malwani area of Malad West, was arrested on Wednesday night. The police have also booked his wife Sajiya Sahab Ali and issued a notice under Section 41(A) for her to appear before the Malvani police for investigation, although it is alleged that she is absconding.

Crime branch officials have sealed the clinic and handed over the case, along with Shaikh, to the Malvani police for further investigation. According to Malwani police, crime branch officers received a tip-off regarding an individual without a medical degree practising in the area. Acting on this information, they alerted the medical officer from BMC’s P North ward to conduct a surprise check at his clinic.