An 11-year-old Indian village boy, with an IQ of 162, claims to have treated people suffering from cancer and Aids.

Akrit Jaswal's IQ level is said to be higher than that of Albert Einstein.

Akrit, from the village of Noorpur has been helping research fellows at the Tata Cancer Research Institute in Mumbai for two months.

"There were moments when nearly 300 patients, including doctors, would be lined up to see me. I had found a technique to treat cancer and Aids genetically," Jaswal said.

He won't say what exactly he does to treat patients.

B R Rahi, chairman of the Himachal Pradesh School Education Board says: "The Gifted Development Centre in the US has confirmed Akrit's genius. We are treating this as a special case due to his extraordinary abilities."

Local newspaper reports say Jaswal's parents sold most of their property to finance foreign trips for their son. The money has also helped to establish a research laboratory in New Delhi.

Jaswal himself added: "I would like to do a doctorate in pharmaceutical chemistry and continue with my research."