Overview

• Chunabhatti police registered a case on Friday against Rameshchandra Bansilal Vishwakarma, who runs Om Clinic on Sion-Trombay Road in Chembur.
• BMC’s M West ward told the family there is no record of Vishwakarma being a registered medical practitioner.
• The complaint stems from a December 2024 incident in which auto driver Nantun Jha developed breathing difficulty after receiving an injection and was declared dead at Sion Hospital.
• Police cited sections 106 (causing death by negligence) and 318 (cheating) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with sections 33 and 36 of the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act.
• The case was filed on the statement of Jha’s wife and a BMC referral, and investigators reported no arrests so far.