The police on Tuesday arrested D. Kandaswamy, 60, from Uppatty in Pandalur here on the charge of selling various home-made drugs to heal even cancer.
A team of Health Department officials led by N. Raghubabu, Joint Director of Health Services, found that Kandaswamy was not a registered medical practitioner of Siddha, or Ayurveda. They were checking licenses of medical practitioners in Gudalur and Pandalur. They searched his home, and found that he was selling home-made concoctions for various diseases.
The team alerted the police. Kandaswamy was targeting tribal people in the region to sell these drugs.
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The police registered a case against Kandaswamy under section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) read with Section 15 (3) of the Indian Medical Council Act of 1956.