Hyderabad: A man posing as a dentist for nearly two decades was arrested in Secunderabad’s Neredmet on Tuesday, March 24, after a raid by the Malkajgiri Special Operations Team (SOT) exposed his illegal clinic.
The accused, identified as Ramesh, a native of Uttar Pradesh, had not completed Class 10 but allegedly presented himself as a qualified dentist using fake Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) certificates, police said.
Ramesh had reportedly operated the clinic primarily during late-night hours until early morning, an unusual schedule that eventually raised suspicion among locals and led to a tip-off.
Acting on the information, SOT officials raided the premises and confirmed that Ramesh had no recognised medical qualification and had been illegally practising dentistry for close to 20 years.
A case has been registered and police are investigating how he managed to operate undetected for so long and the extent of treatments carried out on unsuspecting patients.
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