Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties and bank accounts valued at Rs 10 crore of ‘miracle doc’ Munir Khan.
Khan was arrested by the Versova police in May 2010 following complaints of cheating. ED has attached his flats in Mumbai, four flats in Jaipur, a plot of land in Kota and bank accounts, an official said. Khan was accused of cheating several people with false promises of curing AIDS and cancer with his magical formula Body Revive.
The accused used to sell each bottle of his “medicine” for Rs 16,000. Khan’s advertisements on TV channels featured him with actor Tabassum. She later clarified that Khan had misled her into endorsing his products.Khan was booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code, The Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act and The Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act. Food and Drug Administration officials had raided his office in 2009 following which the scam came to light. A chargesheet has been submitted against Khan and the case is awaiting a trial.
Courtesy:
C Unnikrishnan TNN
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Khan was arrested by the Versova police in May 2010 following complaints of cheating. ED has attached his flats in Mumbai, four flats in Jaipur, a plot of land in Kota and bank accounts, an official said. Khan was accused of cheating several people with false promises of curing AIDS and cancer with his magical formula Body Revive.The accused used to sell each bottle of his “medicine” for Rs 16,000. Khan’s advertisements on TV channels featured him with actor Tabassum. She later clarified that Khan had misled her into endorsing his products.Khan was booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code, The Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act and The Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act. Food and Drug Administration officials had raided his office in 2009 following which the scam came to light. A chargesheet has been submitted against Khan and the case is awaiting a trial.
Courtesy:
C Unnikrishnan TNN
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