Surat police nab 8 bogus doctors running clinics without medical degrees

Surat: The Surat city police’s Special Operations Group (SOG), along with the district health department, raided eight clinics in Pandesara on Wednesday and arrested eight people for allegedly practising medicine without recognised medical qualifications.

The raids followed verification by SOG personnel, who visited the eight clinics using dummy patients after receiving information about people allegedly posing as doctors. Three teams each from the SOG and health department subsequently conducted simultaneous raids.

Those arrested were identified as Parth Debnath, 40; Siddharth Debnath, 38; Vinodkumar Sahani, 36; Manoranjan Biswal, 54; Sajal Biswas, 21; Vijay Yadav, 55; Sandeep Sonawane, 49; and Shyamnarayan Gupta, 53.

Police said most of the accused had studied up to Class 12 or held unrelated qualifications and had previous experience as hospital compounders, assistants or clinic workers. They were allegedly operating clinics in areas including Ranchhodnagar Society, Ishwarnagar, Shivam Nagar, Hariom Nagar and Karmayogi Society.

During the raids, officials seized medicines, injections and syrups worth ₹98,825. Cases were registered against all eight accused at Pandesara Police Station.

Police also said Debnath had previously operated Swastik Clinic, where he allegedly treated a 14-year-old boy from Pandesara about a month ago. The boy later died, following which his family raised allegations against him. An accidental death case was registered, and the matter remains under investigation. DeshGujarat