Police said that these fake doctors allegedly bought the degree certificates by paying anything between Rs 60,000 to Rs 80,000, adding that a majority of the accused had barely managed to clear their 12th Boards.
Ahmedabad: The Surat police on Thursday busted a racket where fake medical degrees were being sold. A total of 13 people have been arrested, including the mastermind and those who were working as ‘doctors’ using the fake certificates.
Police said that these fake doctors allegedly bought the degree certificates by paying anything between Rs 60,000 to Rs 80,000, adding that a majority of the accused had barely managed to clear their 12th Boards.
The mastermind of the case has been identified as Rasesh Gujarati, a resident of Surat, who has been issuing fake certificates with the help of co-accused B K Rawat. It has been revealed that they had issued over 1,500 such fake degrees to as many individuals in the past few years.
The arrests were made following a raid in the Pandesara area in the city from where several accused were held who were running clinics. They were practicing on the basis of fake degrees of Bachelor of Electro Homeopathy Medical Science (BEMS) certificates which had been issued by Gujarati and another accused identified as BK Rawat, a resident of Ahmedabad.
