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BIZARRE: Doctor Arrested for Trying to Burn Patient's... [Read Full Story] image Download Image for Free Police in India have arrested a doctor accused of trying to set a patient's body on fire after he died during treatment for back pain and fever, police said Monday. Salman Shiekh's 45-year-old patient became unconscious and died shortly after being given painkillers at a private clinic in the southern city of Hyderabad on Saturday, said senior Hyderabad police officer T.Sudhakar. "Apparently he was having back pain and fever. As soon as he was given the injections he fell unconscious and died," Sudhakar told AFP. Shiekh allegedly took the body on a motorcycle to an isolated location and doused it with petrol. The doctor tried to set the body on fire but was stopped by alarmed locals, Sudhakar said.