Kolkata: The CID has initiated an inquiry into an West Bengal Dental Council (WBDC) allegation that over 900 fake dentists who are reportedly practising across the state, including Kolkata and its suburbs, during the Covid period. The council has provided specific names to the CID, collected over the past 10 days after an appeal made to public by Indian Dental Association state secretary Raju Biswas.
DIG (operations) Meeraj Khalid, who met Biswas and his colleagues on Thursday, told TOI that a special team had been asked to initiate the probe. “Based on our findings, we will lodge necessary FIRs,” said an officer at Bhawani Bhawan.
According to the allegation, the accused were operating through two different modus operandi. “In the first case, the accused have actually paid a registered dentist and using the latter’s registration numbers. In other cases, not even the genuine doctor is getting to know that his registration number and name were being used as a fraud,” explained an officer. In a few cases, the accused neither has a registration number nor a degree.
DIG (operations) Meeraj Khalid, who met Biswas and his colleagues on Thursday, told TOI that a special team had been asked to initiate the probe. “Based on our findings, we will lodge necessary FIRs,” said an officer at Bhawani Bhawan.
According to the allegation, the accused were operating through two different modus operandi. “In the first case, the accused have actually paid a registered dentist and using the latter’s registration numbers. In other cases, not even the genuine doctor is getting to know that his registration number and name were being used as a fraud,” explained an officer. In a few cases, the accused neither has a registration number nor a degree.
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