Quack Doctors Exposed: One Posed As Specialist In Silchar, Another Caught In Kalain

Cachar Police arrested a total of 6 quack doctors in the last two months. The latest arrests came on Monday and Tuesday (September 8–9) apprehended two individuals posing as doctors with forged documents, exposing yet another case of quackery in Cachar district.

The first accused has been identified as Pankaj Chaudhury, who had been introducing himself as a Gastroenterologist and Diabetologist in Silchar. Acting on a complaint filed by Dr. Abhijit Neog, Anti-Quackery Vigilance Officer of the Assam Council of Medical Registration, police launched an operation and caught Chaudhury at Ghungoor before bringing him to the office of the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Cachar on Monday night.

Police revealed that Chaudhury had been using registration number 24147, which actually belongs to another doctor of the same name, a genuine MD physician from Uttar Pradesh. Investigators also found that Chaudhury had produced multiple forged documents including three PAN cards with different parent details, a manipulated Aadhaar card, and false addresses in both Kolkata and Uttar Pradesh. Investigation revealed that he has changed his father’s name in one of the documents to match with that of the UP doctor.

“He had no valid degree, no passport, and no authentic registration. He was practising for years across various private hospitals and clinics in Silchar. People usually do not doubt doctors, and such frauds take advantage of this trust,” SSP Numal Mahatta told reporters on Tuesday. He further added that police would appeal for Chaudhury’s custody in court to trace his network and identify the places where he practised.

Police clarified that there is no evidence of a larger racket behind the forgery but confirmed ongoing technical analysis of hospitals and clinics where Chaudhury allegedly worked on call.

In a separate case from Kalain, Cachar Police caught another quack doctor on Tuesday (September 9). Identified as Subir Choudhury, he was arrested red-handed while seeing a patient at Basanti Pharmacy. He had been posing as an MBBS doctor despite holding no degree and allegedly duped patients financially.

Both cases have been registered under multiple sections of the NMC Act, 2019, the Assam Medical Council Act, 1999, and relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, covering charges of cheating, forgery, impersonation, and practising medicine without a licence.

These arrests mark the fifth and sixth such cases in Silchar and Cachar, raising growing concerns over the ease with which fake doctors have been able to operate in the region.