DARRANG, Nov 11: Police arrested two persons in Kharupetia in Darrang district over allegations that a man provided radiology services without the required qualifications and recognised certificates.
The arrested persons were identified as Ataur Rahman of Mollapara village and Moinuddin Ahmed of Kuwari Pukhuri village. Ahmed owns the diagnostic centre.
Rahman had been working at Assam Diagnostic Centre, located opposite Kharupetia Primary Health Centre. He was accused of working as a radiologist and signing patients' test reports as a radiologist for a long time without the required qualifications and recognised certificates.
Rahman was stated to have obtained an MBBS degree from Bangladesh.
Kharupetia police arrested the two following a complaint by the Assam Medical Council.
The diagnostic centre was closed and sealed on the directions of the Anti-Quackery and Vigilance Officer of the Assam Medical Council over alleged violations of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act.
A board displayed outside the centre carried the names of Dr Arjun Sharma and Dr Abhinav Bhattacharya. It listed an MS degree in gynaecology and obstetrics as Bhattacharya's qualification.
Further investigation was under way.
