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KGMU Impostor Arrested in Lucknow Over Patient Fraud and Forged AIIMS Notice

Police probe forged notices, phone records for links to a wider scheme.

Overview

  • MBBS students at King George’s Medical University detained 26-year-old Hassam Ahmad on Tuesday after seeing him take cash from patients for a fake trust.
  • Police said he posed as a member of a group called Cardio Seva Sansthan and solicited money by claiming he could speed up treatment.
  • An FIR was filed at Chowk police station under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and investigators seized his phone and recovered forged documents.
  • Officers flagged a fake April 13 notice that used a forged faculty signature to invite the 2023 MBBS batch to a non-existent AIIMS Delhi conference on April 29.
  • KGMU said he wore a doctor’s coat, claimed links across departments, and may have operated for about three years as the university helps verify contacts and finances.