AIIMS-linked quack molests woman, dupes foreigners of lakhs

According to police, the accused, identified as R K Gupta, failed the final examination for a degree in Orthopaedics at AIIMS in 2001. He left the campus with a promise — he would return as a doctor.

The tools of his trade were authentic-looking visiting cards and stamps of ‘Dr R K Gupta, Orthopaedic Surgeon (AIIMS). He would tell people that he also ran a healthcare NGO called Holistic Healthcare Pvt Ltd, police said.

Additional DCP (Southeast) Gaurav Sharma said: “He targeted foreign tourists suffering from chronic diseases and told them that he would facilitate treatment for them at AIIMS. He took lakhs of rupees from them for this purpose.”

Police said they found out about Gupta’s racket after a 20-year-old woman, employed as an executive assistant with his company, alleged that Gupta molested her. The woman told police that Gupta hired her to assist him with administrative work and took her to Jaipur for a business trip.

The woman reportedly left for Jaipur on February 24 with him and two other staff members. “She was taken to Jaipur for official work, but the accused tried to force himself on her in a hotel room. The woman spurned his advances and left for Delhi that night. A case of molestation was

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