Mumbai, Apr 29 (UNI) The city police has arrested a self-proclaimed orthopaedic doctor Atul Wankhede after a 24-year-old online food delivery boy filed a complaint alleging that incorrect treatment was given to him by the accused doctor which worsened his spinal condition, police said here on Tuesday.

Based on the complaint by the delivery boy, Avinash Samindar, and supporting evidence, the Worli police station has police registered an FIR (first information report) against Wankhede under Sections 351(2), 340(2), 339, 338, 337, 336(4), 336(3), 336(2), 336(1), 318, 316(4), 316(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Accused was arrested the same day and produced before a court, which sent him to judicial custody, according to deputy police commissioner Dattatray Kamble.

According to the complaint, Samindar was suffering from back pain since 2016 and approached Dr Wankhede in November 2024 after finding his details online.

Instead of prescribing proper medication or diagnostic tests, Wankhede advised exercise and gave him a painkiller despite Samindar’s worsening condition. Following this, Samindar’s spinal pain intensified.

Samindar then lodged a complaint against Wankhade, accusing him of impersonating an orthopaedic specialist and conducting unauthorised medical treatments.

The complaint led to the registration of an FIR and subsequent arrest of the accused.

According to documents obtained from the Maharashtra Medical Education Council and communication with relevant officials, Dr Wankhede is not a legitimate holder of a Master of Orthopaedics degree from KEM Hospital, Pune, as claimed.

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