Guwahati, Oct 23: Cachar police have arrested a 64-year-old man for allegedly posing as a senior physician using a fake medical degree from Bangladesh.

The accused has been identified as Jayanta Prasad Das.

Das was arrested on Wednesday night for allegedly operating a fake medical institution.

Speaking to reporters, Cachar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Numal Mahatta said, “The crackdown began with the arrest of the first quack, Pulok Malakar, on August 3. Since then, 13 others, including Das, have been arrested during the ongoing investigation.”

“He had been running an unrecognised institution named the National Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), which issued fake medical degrees and certificates, including MD (Alternative Medicine),” Mahatta said.

Mahatta added that several of the arrested quacks, including Pulok Malakar, had obtained their certificates from Das’s institute. The NIMS, he said, had no approval from the National Medical Commission (NMC) or any other competent authority.

Das is accused of running a nexus involving a fake college, forged degrees, and fabricated certificates issued to individuals posing as doctors.

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