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Complaint Accuses Bengal Medical Council Officials of Fake Doctor Scam
A doctors’ group has complained to police about leaders of the West Bengal Medical Council.
The group says some people who were not real doctors received registrations that allowed them to practice.
It also says council officials may have helped create registrations and could have destroyed evidence.
Five alleged fake doctors recently had their registrations cancelled after being arrested.
Another doctors’ group has also approached police.
The accused officials deny the allegations.
Former council chief Nirmal Maji says he previously helped investigate and arrest about 200 fake doctors.
Current council president Sudipta Roy says documents of doctors who studied outside West Bengal will be checked again.
A doctors’ association filed a police complaint against four West Bengal Medical Council functionaries.
The complaint accuses the officials of enabling fake registrations and destroying evidence.
It alleges fake-doctor registrations increased between 2017 and 2025 and involved council patronage.
The council recently cancelled registrations of five alleged fake doctors arrested by police.
The accused officials deny wrongdoing, while the council plans to re-verify out-of-state graduates’ documents.
- Who
- The complaint was filed by Rajiv Pandey of the Association of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes against Sudipta Roy, Sushanta Roy, Manas Chakraborty, and Nirmal Maji.
- What
- The complaint alleges that West Bengal Medical Council officials enabled fake medical registrations and possible destruction of evidence.
- Where
- It was filed at the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate concerning medical practice in West Bengal.
- When
- The complaint followed the cancellation of five alleged fake doctors’ registrations; the complaint cites alleged growth in registrations from 2017 to 2025.
- Why
- The complainant alleges that fake registrations allowed unqualified people to practice and register under the Swasthya Sathi scheme.
Complainants’ allegations
Officials’ responses
Council involvement
Complainants’ allegations
The Association of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes alleges that council officials enabled a racket involving fake registrations and that such registrations could not have occurred without council patronage.
Officials’ responses
The accused officials have denied the allegations. Nirmal Maji says the claims do not apply to him.
Action against fake doctors
Complainants’ allegations
The complainant questions why the council did not take active steps while alleged fake doctors practiced and obtained Swasthya Sathi registrations.
Officials’ responses
Nirmal Maji says he had the CID investigate the issue and that around 200 fake doctors were arrested during his tenure as council president.
Document verification
Complainants’ allegations
The complainant alleges that documents connected to the matter could be destroyed during the investigation.
Officials’ responses
Sudipta Roy says the council will re-verify documents of medical graduates from other states who have practiced in West Bengal during the past decade.
Key facts
- Complainant
- Rajiv Pandey, secretary of the Association of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes
- Accused officials
- Sudipta Roy, Sushanta Roy, Manas Chakraborty, and former chief Nirmal Maji
- Police complaint location
- Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate
- Recent council action
- The West Bengal Medical Council cancelled the registrations of five alleged fake doctors arrested by police.
- Alleged period of increase
- The complaint says fake-doctor registrations steadily increased between 2017 and 2025.
- Council response
- The council says it will re-verify documents of out-of-state medical graduates practicing in West Bengal for the past ten years.
- Government response
- The Health Department has begun an investigation.
Quotes
Rajiv Pandey
Secretary of the Association of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes and complainant
“This allegation does not apply to me. While I was president of the Medical Council, I had the DIG–CID conduct an investigation and got around 200 fake doctors arrested. That happened only during my tenure as president. I despise such acts.”
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“Why didn’t the West Bengal Medical Council take any active steps to catch fake doctors? One after another, fake doctors not only practiced in the state, but also got themselves registered as doctors under the Swasthya Sathi scheme.”
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