Overview

• Pulak Malakar was arrested inside the operating theatre of Shiv Sundari Nari Shiksha Sevashram Hospital on August 5 after police verified that his MBBS degree and related documents were forged.
• Authorities have charged him under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including negligent acts endangering human life, cheating by personation, and forgery.
• A local court remanded Malakar to five days of police custody to support ongoing investigations into his decade-long medical practice.
• The Anti-Quackery and Vigilance Cell has registered additional FIRs targeting a Barak Valley racket suspected of supplying fake medical credentials.
• Internal reviews at private hospitals are underway after staff raised concerns about Malakar’s credentials nearly a month before his arrest, spotlighting systemic lapses in credential verification.