India, April 5 -- A fake doctor has allegedly killed at least seven people by performing heart surgeries on patients in a private missionary hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh city.

The accused, whose real name was revealed to be Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav, allegedly posed as British doctor N John Kem and took up a job in a Christian missionary hospital, claiming to be a cardiologist, reported ANI.

Yadav then performed heart surgeries on patients, who later died.

The district president of the child welfare committee and advocate, Deepak Tiwari, claimed that though the official death toll was 7, the actual count could be much higher, He had also filed a complaint with the Damoh district magistrate earlier.

Tiwari said, "Some patients ...