Sion Hospital asst dean, aide held for duping Hyderabad doc

The Sion Police arrested assistant dean of Lokmanya Tilak General Hospital (Sion Hospital) and his aide for allegedly duping another doctor on the pretext of getting admission in post-graduation (PG) medical course. According to police, Dr Rakesh Verma was arrested on Monday after a Hyderabad-based doctor alleged that Verma along with his associates allegedly accepted Rs 18.5 lakh for his admission.

On Monday, the Sion Police took Verma's custody from the jail, he along with his associate Rajesh Guha have been arrested in the case while another accomplice Pankaj Dube is still at large.

They were produced in a court and remanded in police custody till February 20. The complainant, Dr Deepakkumar Edla, 36, said in August last year, Dubey had called him and offered admission in a Mumbai based medical college for Rs 1.4 crore.