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Mumbai: Film producer Swapna Patkar arrested over 'fake' PhD degree
Updated On: 09 June, 2021 10:08 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
She was arrested after an FIR was registered against her at the Bandra police station in suburban Mumbai on May 26 under IPC sections 419 (cheating by personation), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery) and 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), an official said
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Film producer Swapna Patkar was arrested on Tuesday on cheating and forgery charges for allegedly obtaining a fake PhD degree in clinical physiology and using it to get a job in a hospital here, a police official said.
Patkar (39) is best known for producing Marathi film 'Balkadu', a biopic of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray which was released in 2015.
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