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Assam Arrests Two More Fake Doctors in Cachar as Crackdown Widens

The latest cases feature forged credentials plus a misused registration number, with police invoking provisions under medical registration laws.

Overview

  • Cachar police detained Pankaj Chaudhary in Silchar and Subhir Choudhury in Kalain following a complaint from the Assam Council of Medical Registration.
  • Investigators say Pankaj Chaudhary posed as a gastroenterologist and medicine specialist using Registration No. 24147 that belongs to a different doctor.
  • Police report recovering multiple fake PAN and Aadhaar cards from Pankaj Chaudhary as they work to confirm his identity.
  • Both suspects face FIRs that include sections of the National Medical Commission Act, the Assam Medical Council Act, and relevant cheating and forgery charges.
  • Authorities say six alleged impostors have been arrested in Cachar over two weeks, following earlier cases involving fake dentists and a bogus gynaecologist, with probes widening to track any linked networks.