He had just Rs 57 in his bank account but gave cheques to the tune of Rs 19 crore to twenty Rajasthan farmers after buying their land for a health care centre allegedly posing as a retired doctor in AIIMS but landed in police net.
A physiotherapist, 39-year-old R K Gupta's alleged cheating, which also includes duping of foreigners on the pretext of medical tourism, came to light after his arrest following investigations into a complaint filed by his employee that he tried to sexually assault her, police said today.
"Gupta allegedly cheated many people of money on the pretext of facilitating best of treatments in hospitals like AIIMS. He was doing fraud in the name of medical tourism, victims of which were mainly foreign tourists suffering from chronic diseases like cancer," Additional Deputy Commissioner (South-East) Gaurav Sharma said.
A woman had approached police claiming that she was selected as an executive of Hobstic Health Care Pvt. Ltd run by Gupta in February 22 and two days later, she had to go to Jaipur with her employer and other office staff.
"Gupta tried to force himself on her to which she protested and came back alone to Delhi and lodged the complaint. It came to light during investigations that he was involved in other fraudulent activities," Sharma said.
He had allegedly lured some customers in the name of investing money for a Rs 2,200 crore project for purchasing land and constructing Mega Health Centre in Jaipur through Holistic Health Care Pvt. Ltd.
"Gupta posed himself as a very senior retired doctor of AIIMS. But after registration of the case, he fled to UAE. However, later we found that he was lodged in Dasna Jail in along with 10 others. It also came to light that he was released from jail. We arrested him from Greater Noida," Sharma said.
He said the accused had allegedly cheated many people on the pretext of facilitating them for better treatment of chronic diseases like cancer, knee replacement etc in AIIMS Hospital, New Delhi.
"His interrogation also revealed that he had duped as many as 20 farmers in Jaipur by giving them cheques valued at Rs 19 crore for acquiring their land for setting up his Mega Health Centre. The cheque, however, bounced," Sharma said.
