GHAZIABAD: A quack has been booked for causing the death of a seven-year-old boy who died on Tuesday allegedly while being treated for fever. The quack, identified as Feroze Khan, was practising in the Khoda area for the past one year. He has been booked under Section 304A (causing death by negligence) of IPC at Khoda police station.The parents of the boy, Aditya, who live in Mithila Vihar of Khoda, told TOI he had a mild fever on June 24. “We took him to Dr Khan who gave us some medicines from his clinic. His condition deteriorated on June 25 when he developed bluish-red patches on his belly. We took him again to the doctor who asked us to continue with the medicines.Aditya had also started complaining about pain behind his eyes. The doctor also administered an injection to Aditya. Around 8 pm on June 26, Aditya died at home. The doctor had persisted all along that Aditya was only mildly unwell and would recover with the medicines,” the boy’s father, Bhagwan Swaroop, said.The body was sent for post-mortem and its report is awaited.Bhagwan Swaroop works as a submersible pump boring operator. Aditya was yet to be admitted to a school.Police have registered an FIR on the basis of the complaint lodged by Aditya’s father. According to police, Khan’s credentials were found fake during questioning. Sources said he could not spell out the full form of CBSE when questioned.However, he claimed to have an MBBS degree from the Maulana Azad Medical College in Delhi.“When we asked him as to where he procured his MD degree from, he said he had got it from an acupuncture college. From questioning, it is pretty clear that the accused was not a doctor and was an an imposter. However, a thorough inquiry is underway. Sections of the IPC including those pertaining to fraud and cheating as well as relevant sections of the Indian Medical Act will be added to the FIR after investigations,” additional superintendent of police Ravi Kumar said.

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