‘Doctor’ Serial Killer: NOT A QUALIFIED DOCTOR

Dr Vidhyadhar Keshav Ghotavdekar, who had earlier worked with Dr Santosh Pol, spoke to India Today and revealed that Dr Pol was not a qualified doctor and that he did not have an MBBS degree nor was he a registered medicinal practitioner. Dr Pol was just a graduate in Electrohomeopathy and surgery. He merely worked as a helper. However, the way he behaved with patients and the way he worked, people around him started referring to him as doctor. Dr Ghotavdekar who appeared petrified by the image of Santosh Pol said people were under pressure because of him and his close proximity with the ACB. Santosh was appointed by Dr Ghotavdekar in 2008 as his helper and was impressed with his work. Due to the number of RTI cases filed by the murderer against government staffers and his close proximity with the ACB, Ghotavdekar claimed he was under tremendous stress and asked Pol to leave halfway through 2014. When asked if there was a possibility that the alleged serial killer stole anesthesia from his hospital, the doctor was unable to answer. He said that Santosh was well versed in the all the drugs used in the operation theatre as he was the first helper in the hospital who used to arrange the perfect number of required drugs in case of an emergency. The hospital owner stated that there are CCTV cameras present so anything strange would have shown up. However, no one till date has asked the administration to review the footage. After Santosh was asked to leave, he pressurised Dr Ghotavdekar that he be allowed to keep an ambulance. It's also surprising that the doctor bought the ambulance in his name and Santosh Pol used to manage the operations of the ambulance. When Santosh did not pay the instalment for eight months, Dr Ghotavdekar asked him not to use the ambulance. A month ago, Santosh Pol stole the ambulance from the hospital. The hospital had registered a robbery case against Santosh Pol at the Wai police station. There is also a possibility that Dr Pol might have used the same ambulance for some of his crimes.