Dimapur, May 2 -- A fake doctor who claimed to possess an MBBS degree and has been practicing medicine in Dimapur, Nagaland for years has been arrested.

Dimapur commissioner of police Kevithuto Sophie told media persons in his office chamber here on Friday that the one Albert P Lotha, a resident of NST colony, Dimapur, was arrested following a complaint from the Nagaland Medical Council.

The council in its complaint said Lotha was treating patients without requisite registration which is mandatory under the Medical Council Act 2014 Chapter-III Section 16(6).

Sohie said during inquiry, Dimapur police confirmed that Lotha had been impersonating as a medical doctor and practicing medicine without requisite qualification. He said the imper...