Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Mumbai Crime Branch Acts Against 10 Alleged Unlicensed Practitioners
Mumbai police investigated 10 people accused of pretending to be doctors.
Officials said they did not have the required medical qualifications or registration.
Police and city medical officers visited seven clinics in different parts of Mumbai.
They said the accused treated people and charged them for care.
Some were also allegedly selling expired medicines.
Police took medicines and medical equipment worth about ₹2.20 lakh.
Cases were registered at Bhandup Police Station under sections of a Maharashtra law.
The investigation is continuing.
Mumbai Crime Branch action targeted 10 people allegedly practising medicine without valid qualifications or registration.
Crime Branch teams and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation medical officers raided seven clinics across Mumbai.
The clinics were in Bhandup, Jogeshwari, Borivali, Dahisar and Mankhurd.
Police said some accused were allegedly selling expired Unani and Ayurvedic medicines and treating patients with various ailments.
Police seized medicines and medical equipment valued at approximately ₹2.20 lakh; cases were registered at Bhandup Police Station.
- Who
- Mumbai Crime Branch and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation medical officers; 10 people were accused.
- What
- Officials raided seven clinics and took action against people allegedly practising medicine without valid qualifications or registration.
- When
- The report is dated October 6, 2026; raids took place on different days.
- Where
- Clinics in Bhandup, Jogeshwari, Borivali, Dahisar and Mankhurd, Mumbai.
- Why
- Crime Branch Unit 7 received information that people were allegedly posing as doctors and treating patients without the required qualifications.
- People targeted
- 10 alleged bogus doctors
- Clinics raided
- Seven
- Locations
- Bhandup, Jogeshwari, Borivali, Dahisar and Mankhurd
- Seized items
- Medicines and medical equipment, including bottles, syringes and antibiotic tablets
- Estimated value of seized items
- Approximately ₹2.20 lakh
- Police station
- Bhandup Police Station
- Law cited
- Sections 33 and 36 of the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act, 1961
- Investigation
- Handed to Crime Branch Unit 7, Ghatkopar; further investigation is underway