A woman from Barabanki had been suffering from intense abdominal pain when her family decided to seek help at a small clinic in Kothi. On 5 December, her husband brought her to a local medical establishment that appeared modest but reliable from the outside. The man who operated the clinic examined her briefly and declared that her pain was caused by stones. He insisted that surgery was necessary and quoted an estimated cost of Rs 25,000. Trusting his words, the husband deposited Rs 20,000 to begin the procedure.
But what happened next unfolded like a nightmare. In his complaint to the police, the husband later said that the clinic operator seemed intoxicated as he prepared for the surgery. To his shock, the man allegedly opened a YouTube tutorial and began following it step-by-step while operating on the woman. Assisting him was his nephew, who was employed at an Ayurvedic hospital in…
