MKCG Anaesthesiologist held for allegedly using fake caste certificate

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, an assistant professor working in the department of anesthesiology at MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur has been arrested for allegedly producing a fake caste certificate to pursue his medical studies at the institute as well as securing his present job.  

The accused doctor is an assistant professor of the Department of Anaesthesia at MKCG. He is a resident of Samabaya Colony in the Semiliguda area of the tribal-dominated Koraput district.

The doctor's arrest on Wednesday shed light on the incident, which was brought to attention following a case filed by his younger brother on July 20, 2023.

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The complainant had accused that the doctor who originally belongs to the Brahmin caste, studied till graduation in arts streams as a general category student. He also pursued a D Pharma course at a college in Bhubaneswar under the general category with his original identity, IANS reports.

According to the complaint, the doctor allegedly secured a fake certificate identifying himself as an Adivasi. He reportedly got admitted to the MBBS course in 2006 and a three-year specialisation course in 2014 at the MKCG medical college using a fake caste certificate.

He has reportedly been working as an assistant professor in the anaesthesiology department of the medical college since 2021.

According to an Odishatv news report, the doctor secured a job using his fake caste certificate at MKCG Medical College in 2017. After serving 5 years in the institute, the doctor got a promotion in 2022. It has emerged that the doctor had been using two surnames- 'Jani' and 'Sasani' for a long time.

“In 2003, the accused managed to get a false caste certificate under the surname Jani by showing himself as the son of a person in Mandarguda village belonging to a scheduled tribe,” said a local police official.

The police officials claimed that the accused later studied Class-X through distance education, +2 regular course in science stream at the BJB College in Bhubaneswar producing the fake certificate.

Subsequently, a case was registered against the doctor under IPC sections 468, 471, 420, and 506 and he was arrested. An investigation into the case is underway. 

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