On Wednesday, health department officials arrested four persons alleged to be quacks by forming three special teams, following complaints that fever cases are being treated by quacks in Tiruvallur district.

According to officials, three teams were formed on the orders of Tiruvallur collector Mageswari Ravikumar. The teams cracked the whip on quacks as a precautionary measure to prevent deaths due to fever. The names of arrested are Thilagavathy (43) from Periyapalayam, Rajendran and Nelakandan from Elavur, and Jevatarak Ramarao (50) from Minjur as given by the officials.