BHABUA, March 12 -- A quack posing as a specialist surgeon was arrested after the sudden death of a young woman at his clinic in the Godsara locality of Ramgarh town in Kaimur district. The woman became critical and died shortly after the quack administered an injection to treat her high fever, police said on Wednesday.

A case under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, along with provisions of the SC/ST Act, has been registered based on the statement of the deceased woman's husband, Dharmendra Paswan. The accused, identified as Dr Arun Sharma, was arrested after he failed to produce any medical degree or registration documents for operating the clinic.

Police sealed the clinic a...