By IANS
Patna : A quack who used to operate on ailing people with a sword rather than surgical equipment is on the run in Bihar after the police decided to arrest him.
The strange methods of 'Talwar Baba', who also used to jump on the neck and stomach of his patients, came to light when local TV news channels did stories about the so-called surgeon.
Before the police could lay their hands on him, the man fled from his village in Vaishali district, barely 50 km from Patna.
Bihar Health Minister Chandrika Rai directed the local administration to take action against Talwar Baba for what an official described as "brutal, dangerous and illegal operations".
It was said that the quack, after operating people with swords, used to patch up the wounds and even give his own blood as medicine!
He charged Rs.51 from poor patients and Rs.501 from the rich for his treatment. But despite whatever he did, Talwar Baba attracted hundreds.