The Sion police have arrested a man from Rohtak, Haryana, for allegedly impersonating a doctor and cheating a Mumbai-based medical distributor of medicines worth over Rs 6.3 lakh.

The accused, identified as Mukesh Taleja, had previously worked as a medical representative and is suspected to have defrauded multiple distributors using a similar modus operandi.

According to the police, between April 30 and May 2, Taleja contacted the complainant claiming to be Dr. Dipanshu Verma from V.N. Desai Hospital in Santacruz. Posing as a doctor in urgent need of supplies, he gained the complainant’s trust and procured medicines worth Rs 5.66 lakh. He later issued a cheque that bounced and failed to make any payment.