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News1809-02-2026, 22:30

Ward Boy Posing as Doctor Arrested After Woman Dies From Injections in Navi Mumbai

  • A ward boy, Sandesh Yashwant Pashte, was arrested in Navi Mumbai for allegedly administering injections that led to a 21-year-old woman's death.
  • Pashte posed as a doctor and charged Rs 15,000 for a five-injection course to treat Prachiti Bhikuram Bhuvad for irregular periods, claiming she had PCOD.
  • After receiving two injections on February 5, Bhuvad fell unconscious and died two hours later at a hospital.
  • Pashte confessed to being a ward boy at a private nursing home in Andheri after being confronted by the victim's family.
  • He was booked and arrested on February 6 under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and cheating by personation.

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