Delhi Police have detained a 37- year-old man over allegations of impersonating an AIIMS doctor and duping patients in Safdarjung hospital. Avinash Anand, however, told police that he is a Ph.D in Yoga and was at the hospital to meet a patient from his village who is undergoing treatment there. "We are verifying the allegations of the hospital and the man is being questioned. No case has been registered as of now," said a senior police officer. Dr Balvinder Singh, assistant professor at orthopaedic department of Safdarjung Hospital, said Anand claimed to be an associate professor at AIIMS Trauma Centre and even carried an identity card with the institute's logo. "Last Saturday, he brought a patient in my OPD and requested us to admit him. He introduced himself as an associate professor in the Orthopaedic department at AIIMS Trauma Centre and said the patient was from his village.