Doc booked for forging caste certificate to get MBBS degree

In the letter, the complainant claimed that a woman doctor had completed her MBBS degree from T N Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital in 2017 by submitting a bogus caste certificate

The Agripada Police recently booked a doctor on the charges of cheating and forgery after the caste certificate she produced for admission was found to be fake. While the police are yet to make any arrest in the case, they are probing the matter to look for more leads and evidence.

The FIR was lodged acting on the complaint of a crime branch unit 2 officer who investigated the case after another doctor complained about it. Police inspector Balasaheb Raut, who is the complainant in the case, stated that in May this year they had received a written complaint.

In the letter, the complainant claimed that a woman doctor had completed her MBBS degree from T N Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital in 2017 by submitting a bogus caste certificate. Currently, she is pursuing post-graduation from Sion hospital. The crime branch officials then called the female doctor for recording her statement, where she claimed that she belongs to the Shikkalgar community and comes under NT -1

She further stated that after completing the 12th standard she got admission in T N Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital under the reserved category. In 2011, when she took admission, the caste certificate was sent to be verified by a committee at Konkan Bhavan in Belapur, Navi Mumbai.

The police then acquired her caste certificate from BYL Nair Charitable Hospital and verification papers by the committee. The police sent both the papers to the Caste Verification Committee for rechecking. Recently, the committee alerted the police that the certificate produced by the woman doctor belonged to someone else.

We have booked the doctor under the relevant sections of cheating and forgery but are yet to make any arrest in the case, said the police.