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Fake doctor held for running clinic in Thane district

The police arrested Abdul Farid alias Saddam Sharif Khan (34), a resident of Gaibi Nagar in Bhiwandi town, an official with the Shanti Nagar police station said. The accused treated patients with medicines and charged them exorbitantly, he said. An FIR was registered against the accused under sections 319(2), 318(4), and 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act, 1961, the official said.