Busting a major racket involving fake medical degrees, the CBI on Thursday in a nationwide raid arrested six people accused of possessing medical degrees from Russia and China and obtaining recognition from the Medical Council of India through allegedly fraudulent means.
At least three of the doctors, who had allegedly got a forged registration from MCI, were working in government hospitals in Gujarat, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh.
The CBI sources said information pertaining to this scam was received and intelligence developed after which the agency filed an FIR against eight people who claimed they had medical degrees from Russia and China.
The CBI officially spoke about five arrests but sources said one more person has been apprehended.
The CBI case also names unnamed officials of MCI and private persons.
The CBI conducted raids at the premises of a Meerut medical practitioner who was allegedly a conduit between MCI officials and the potential candidates coming from these countries. According to the CBI, the arrested people told its sleuths that they paid up to `20 lakh for getting registration from the MCI. CBI sources said the these medical practitioners had allegedly greased the palms of MCI officials who made false entries in the records enabling them to get a registration number permitting them to practise here.
A medical practitioner earning a foreign degree is allowed to work in India only if they qualify in the examination conducted by National Board of Examination in Noida, which is held twice every year. CBI sources said none of these eight practitioners passed the examination.
Agency sources pointed to the role of middlemen who used to go to Russia and China to look for potential candidates who would use their services to get a registration number.
They said the role of MCI officers, who were posted in the division where registration work is done in January 2013, is under the scanner of the agency and they might be arrested soon in this regard.
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CBI raids ‘fake’ docs, 6 arrested
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