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Six-month-old girl dies in Karnataka after quack administers injections

Bengaluru: A quack in his 50s has landed in police custody in Ramanagara, Bengaluru south district, on charges of causing death of a six-month-old girl by administering injections. The accused is identified as Mohammed Saifulla, who ran his Alkhair Foundation Clinic in Balageri. Based on a complaint filed by the child's father, Ramanagara Town police booked Saifulla under BNS Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). Saifulla lived in Balagere with his wife, police said. District health officials raided his clinic and seized it. Health officer Dr Niranjan declared him a quack. "He has no licence, nor has he studied MBBS. He could be a pharmacist, which we have to verify. But whatever the case, he is not a doctor and cannot treat patients," he said. Saifulla has been handed over to judicial custody. "We will take him to police custody during investigation, which will begin soon," a senior cop said. Police suspect Saifulla has been running his illegal clinic for close to a year, and locals thought he was a general physician. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Buy Brass Idols - Handmade Brass Statues for Home & Gifting Luxeartisanship Buy Now Undo The incident occurred when R Shivaraj, a driver, took his six-month-old daughter Sharanya to Saifulla on Tuesday night. "The child had a cyst on her right thigh. After examining her, Saifulla administered two injections. We returned home, but the child started crying and developed breathing problems. We called Saifulla, but he casually said the child would cry from the pain of injections. For breathing issues, he asked us to use nasal drops. But she continued to cry. However, after 5am, she slept. The following morning (Wednesday), we took her to another doctor, and he declared her brought dead. Shocked, we sought an explanation from Saifulla, but he just asked us to take the child to a govt hospital and said nothing when we told him that she died due to his treatment," Shivaraj stated in his complaint. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .