Kashmiri gullibility to trust one and all creates problems everywhere
Fake Doctors Busy In SMHS, Held
Srinagar: In an audacious case of impersonation, two persons, one of them a woman, have been found to be posing as doctors in Srinagar’s premier medical facility, the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital, and looting gullible patients and their attendants right under the noses of authorities.
Both were arrested in a sudden operation by the Karan Nagar police today, and have confessed to their counterfeit activities.
Identified as Parvez Ahmad Sheikh of Bemina and Rabia of Barzulla, the duo was caught red-handed extracting money from patients after the police sealed off the hospital and began a hunt for the fake doctors.
Clad in white aprons with very medical-looking stethoscopes dangling around their necks, the twosome would pursue unsuspecting patients with their assurance and sweet talk, and make them part with their money.
Though it is possible to pass muster in the hospital bustling with white-coated and stethoscope-toting figures for some time, it is not clear how the duo avoided rousing suspicion for so long in the busy premises where doctors are a close-knit community.
When contacted, the Karan Nagar police confirmed arresting only one person, saying that a case had been registered and further investigations started.
(Kashmir Observer)