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Two arrested in Jorhat for illegally practising as Doctors

Clinics shut down following CID complaint

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JORHAT, July 10: Police in Jorhat on Thursday arrested two individuals for allegedly practising medicine without the requisite qualifications or registration, following a complaint filed by the Assam Council of Medical Registration.

The arrests were made in two separate cases under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

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The accused, Ashok Kumar Gogoi (46), a resident of Jail Road, Samannay Path, and Amar Jyoti Nath (38) of Bahona Tiniali, were booked under Sections 319(2), 316(2), 336(2), 125, and 271 of the BNS.

The cases have been registered as Jorhat Police Station case numbers 345/2025 and 346/2025.

Jorhat Additional Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) Luna Sonowal informed reporters that the arrests followed a complaint submitted to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) by Dr Abhijit Neog,

Nodal Officer of the Anti-Quackery Cell, Assam Council of Medical Registration.

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The complaint alleged that the two individuals had been impersonating qualified medical practitioners.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Gogoi had been running a practice from his chamber on Old Circuit House Road for the past eight years, while Nath was operating from Khojuriguri, Borigaon for the last three years.

During questioning, Gogoi claimed to have undertaken a course in homeopathy, and Nath claimed to hold a qualification in naturopathy.

However, neither had registration with any recognised medical body to practice as licensed doctors.

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Police have seized their educational documents, which are being sent to the respective institutions for verification.

Prescription pads falsely identifying them as MDs were also recovered from their chambers.

In a related development, the Joint Director of Health Services, Jorhat, issued an official order on Wednesday directing the immediate closure of Gogoi’s clinic, Hahnemann Homeo Clinic.

The registration previously issued to him was also terminated.

The order stated that the action was based on the findings of a medical inquiry team led by a Sub-Divisional Medical and Health Officer, which was constituted after a complaint from a local doctors’ association.

The team reportedly found evidence of malpractice, misinformation, and fraudulent activity at the clinic.

Police said legal proceedings are underway, and further investigations are being conducted to determine the full extent of the accused’s practice and the number of patients treated.

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