Kolkata: The CID has identified over 500 fake doctors practising in government hospitals and private clinics in West Bengal.
A highly-placed official of the agency said that around seven to eight fake institutes were involved in the racket. “Fake doctors are present in sizable numbers in government and private hospitals all over the state. We have information that around seven to eight fake institutes in the state are involved in the business apart from other such establishments in neighbouring states,” the official said.
State Medical Council president Nirmal Maji said that they had a list which would be handed over to the police.”
The CID already arrested six fake doctors from various parts of the state including Ajay Tiwary and Naren Pandey who were attached to two renowned private hospitals in the metropolis.
It has also seized a large number of documents comprising fake marksheets, fake records of students of MBBS course after raiding the office of Alternative Medical Council of Calcutta at Barasat in North 24-Parganas district. During the raid they also seized the soft copy of fake MBBS record of another such doctor Kushinath Halder which was detected in the hard disc of the office. (PTI)
