DOC BOOKED FOR DUPING MAN OF RS 19.5 LAKH FOR HIV CURE

HISAR: Sirsa police have booked a doctor from Rajasthan for allegedly duping an HIV-positive patient of Rs 19.5 lakh, promising him a cure for AIDS.

The patient filed a complaint against the doctor, identified as Sanjay Gakhar, at Dabwali police station in Sirsa saying he was getting treatment from the doctor in Ganganagar for HIV.

According to the complainant, the doctor told him that he will get him treated at a hospital in the US for Rs 50 lakh. He demanded Rs 20 lakh in advance to initiate the patient’s application. The doctor also made the man meet a couple who claimed to have been cured of their AIDS disease through the same process. Convinced and desperate for a cure, the man paid Rs 19.5 lakh to the doctor. A few days later, the doctor said he will not be able to take him to America as his passport and visa could not be arranged, and promised to pay back the money. The man alleged that the doctor failed to return his money. HTC