In a significant crackdown on unauthorized medical practice, Surat police have arrested two individuals posing as doctors and providing medical treatment without valid qualifications. The suspects, Lalita Kripa Shankar Singh and Prayag Ramchandra Prasad, were operating a clinic in Surat, where they prescribed allopathic medications to patients despite lacking the necessary medical degrees.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Vijay Singh Gurjar revealed that Lalita, who completed her education up to Class 12, and Prayag, who finished only Class 10, were apprehended following an investigation that uncovered their lack of legitimate medical certifications. Authorities seized various medicines and essential documents from their clinic for further scrutiny.
The arrests were made by Umra Police Station, in collaboration with the local health department, as part of an ongoing initiative aimed at eliminating fake doctors in the city. Authorities are now probing the duration of their operations and the extent of their fraudulent activities, with legal action already underway.
This case follows an earlier investigation in Pandesara, where police dismantled a fake doctor’s degree racket operating for nearly two decades. The raid led to the arrest of 14 individuals, including the masterminds Dr. B.K. Ravat and Dr. Rasesh Gujarati from Ahmedabad. This racket allegedly enabled over 1,500 unqualified individuals to practice medicine using counterfeit Bachelor of Electro Homeopathic Medicine (BEMS) degrees, earning over Rs 10 crore.
The operation came to light when police discovered unqualified practitioners operating three clinics in Pandesara. DCP Vijaysinh Gurjar stated that the fraudulent degrees were issued by a non-existent “Board of Electro Homeopathic Medicine” based in Ahmedabad. A raid on Dr. Gujarati’s residence resulted in the seizure of several incriminating documents.