A quack in Patan who operated illegally as a doctor without the necessary qualification, is now under scrutiny over allegations by a couple that he was involved in an adoption fraud.

Suresh Thakor posed as a doctor and treated villagers of Korada village in Santalpur of Patan, even setting up an ICU on the terrace of his residence. Thakor has only studied till Class 10, as per the investigation.

Thakor is now facing serious charges of executing an adoption with a fake birth certificate of a premature infant, and monetary fraud.

During the three-day remand by the police, it was revealed that Thakor had sought ₹1.20 lakh from a couple, Nirav Modi and his wife, for adoption of a child he claimed was an orphan, and had procured a fake birth certificate from Radhanpur Municipality.

However, the couple later found out that the infant had a condition that led to fluid buildup in its head. The couple went to Thakor and demanded their money back, willing to ‘return’ the child. Thakor told the couple that they would get only ₹40,000 back, and took away the adoption papers.

The couple then filed a complaint against Thakor at the Patan B Division police station.

According to Dr Divyesh Shah of Nishka Hospital in Patan, the infant was brought to the hospital twice, and the parents' names were different both the times. “First, the parents’ names were filled as Thakor and his wife, and later, it was Nirav Modi and his wife,” the doctor said.

Not discarding a possibility of a trafficking racket on a larger scale, the Special Operations Group (SOG) Patan, is now investigating the case thoroughly, exploring the origin of the child in question.

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