In Bihar, boy dies after quack performs surgery watching YouTube

A 15-year-old boy died after an alleged botched surgery performed by a quack in Bihar’s Saran district on Friday night. The quack, identified as Ajit Kumar Puri, is absconding. He allegedly performed the operation to remove gall-bladder stones by referring to videos on YouTube.

The deceased, Krishna Kumar alias Golu, was the son of Chandan Sah, a resident of Bhuwalpur village. Kumar complained of stomach ache after which he was taken to the Ganpati Seva Sadan run by Puri in Garkha Motirajpur.

Puri had informed that a surgery had to performed immediately, the police said, and the family too agreed.