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.