India, June 3 -- Dilipkumar Sheetal Prasad Sharma, 55, was practising allopathic medicines for the past seven years at the Sai Shraddha Polytechnique in Vasai East. Nothing unusual yet? He is an HSC dropout. Sharma was prescribing medicines to patients in Sativali, Vasai East and became quite well known in the area.

However, on Thursday, Sharma's illegal occupation came to an abrupt end when the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation's (VVMC) health department raided his clinic and demanded to see his medical degree and other educational certificates. On failing, Sharma was arrested.

Like Sharma, nine other doctors were arrested in the past week for allegedly practising allopathic medicines in Vasai Virar areas without any medical qualificat...