Orissa HC traces back alleged fake medical certificate racket to medicine professor of SCB Medical College
Cuttack: Associate Professor of the Department of Medicine, SCB Medical College Hospital has recently become the center of attention as the Orissa High Court traces back a series of fake documents and medical certificates submitted for interim bail.
The racket was busted after an inquiry was carried out based on the directions of the Single Judge Bench of Justice SK Sahoo, who had asked the DCP Cuttack to get the matter inquired and furnish a report regarding the authenticity of such documents.
As per a recent media report in The New Indian Express, the documents were submitted by four people namely Satya Bagarti, Sriram Kanhar, Saroj Nag, and Chandramani Kanhar. The four of them were arrested in a case of ganja smuggling in Phulbani town of Kandhamal district. The case against them had been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
They applied for interim bail on grounds that the wives of the petitioners were suffering from multiple types of diseases. They submitted medical certificates along with their pleas. The certificate had been issued by one Dr. SK Bhoi, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, of SCB Medical College Hospital.
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