Overview
- Prachiti Bhikuram Bhuvad collapsed after receiving two injections on February 5 at her Sector 11, Vashi residence and was declared dead about two hours later at a nearby hospital.
- Her family had contacted Sandesh Yashwant Pashte for irregular periods after he presented himself as a doctor and claimed she had PCOD, charging Rs 15,000 for a five‑injection course.
- Police say Pashte told the victim’s father to discard a bag of used syringes and medical waste after she fell unconscious.
- When confronted by relatives, Pashte admitted he lacked medical qualifications and worked as a ward boy at a private nursing home in Andheri, Mumbai.
- Based on the family’s complaint, he was arrested on February 6 and booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, cheating by personation, and related offences.