Overview
- Jayanta Prasad Das, 64, was arrested in Cachar on Wednesday night for allegedly running an unrecognised institute and posing as a senior physician, police said.
- Das was produced in court on Thursday and remanded to police custody after being booked under multiple BNS sections covering cheating, forgery, organized crime and attempt to commit culpable homicide.
- Police allege he ran the National Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), which issued fake degrees including MD (Alternative Medicine) that hold no recognition from the National Medical Council.
- The crackdown, which began with the August arrest of fake doctor Pulok Malakar, has led to 14 arrests so far, with officers alleging unqualified practitioners operated for nearly two decades.
- Searches of spas and restaurants linked to Das in Silchar recovered evidence, and police say his claimed medical credentials trace to unverified Bangladeshi institutes.