Silchar, Assam: In a relentless assault on medical fraud, Cachar police arrested two more imposters posing as doctors in Silchar over the past 48 hours, the first on November 1 and the second on November 2, pushing the district's tally to 17 fake practitioners since August 2025.
The latest arrests include Supal Roy (41) from Chotojalenga Part II, and Indrajit Roy (39) from Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. Roy was caught red-handed prescribing medicines at his pharmacy in Rosekandy Tea Estate under Dwarbond police station, while Indrajit was nabbed at Maa Ayurveda clinic in Tarapur’s E&D Colony, where he operated as a “visiting doctor” without any certification.
“For the last two months, our operation against fake doctors has been ongoing, and till date, we have arrested 17 fake doctors from different areas of Cachar. We have arrested two fake doctors operating in different areas within the last two days,” said Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Subrata Sen during a press briefing.
To bolster public vigilance, Cachar police launched a dedicated helpline: 6026903329. “Call this number with tips on suspicious practitioners; your input could save lives,” Sen urged.
These busts follow a pattern of brazen deception. Just last week, on October 27, Rajul Hoque Laskar (38) was apprehended at Boby Health Care in Nagdirgram under Sonai police station. Laskar, armed with forged certificates from dubious “alternative medicine” councils in West Bengal and Silchar, had been treating patients since 2007, prescribing allopathic drugs under the guise of “Indo Allopathy.”
The saga was said to be begin on August 3 with Pulak Malakar, a self-styled “gynaecologist” from Sri Bhumi, arrested mid-surgery. Dubbed Assam’s real-life “Munna Bhai MBBS”, Malakar had performed over 50 C-sections and gynaecological procedures across two private hospitals in Silchar for more than a decade.
By late October, arrests had reached 15, per police logs. The surge to 17 underscores Cachar’s transformation into a quackery epicenter, fueled by tea estates, pharmacies, and clinics in the underserved Barak Valley.
According to Dr. Abhijit Neog, Anti-Quackery & Vigilance Officer, as quoted in The Assam Tribune, 11.01% of deaths in Assam involve patients who received medical attention from quacks prior to their death.
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