India, Sept. 2 -- A 23-year-old man who walked into the outpatients department in a white coat and started treating patients was arrested on Tuesday for impersonation at the government-run Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), police said.

Cachar senior superintendent of police (SSP) Numal Mahatta said the accused had been identified as Mir Hussain Ahmed Barbhuiya, a resident of Katigorah. "The individual had no medical qualifications but was impersonating a gynaecologist at SMCH. He has been apprehended, and lawful action has been initiated," Mahatta said.

He said Barbhuiya was caught in the hospital's gynaecology OPD where he had allegedly been examining patients since August 29.

Dr Bhaskar Gupta, SMCH principal, said the staf...