Haryana Medical Council files cyber complaint over three suspected fake doctor registrations
Registration numbers the council says it never issued surfaced during a website data migration; the three registrants did not appear when summoned with original documents.
The Haryana Medical Council has lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police Station in Panchkula after finding three doctor registrations in its records that it says were never officially issued, according to reports by Medical Dialogues, The420.in and Amar Ujala.
How the entries were found
The suspect entries came to light while the council was moving its records from an old website to a new platform. The migration system flagged three registration numbers that appeared in the database as active even though the council had not issued them.
The three men had reportedly submitted no objection certificates attributed to the Bihar Medical Council. On verification, those certificates were allegedly found to be forged. Two of the men reportedly claimed MBBS degrees from Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences in Rohtak, and the third claimed a degree linked to Maharishi Markandeshwar University in Ambala. The reports do not say whether those universities have confirmed or denied issuing the degrees.
The council summoned all three to its Panchkula office to produce their original degrees and certificates. None appeared on the scheduled date, the reports said.
What happens next
Council chairman Dr Satish Kumar Khattar told Amar Ujala that the old website had been taken down as a precaution. Investigators are expected to examine whether the old system was accessed without authorisation and how the records were entered. Medical Dialogues and The420.in both noted that the method used has not been established, and the allegations remain under investigation. No one has been charged.
The case follows a run of registration-related fraud cases involving medical councils in other states, including Rajasthan and Maharashtra, where police have alleged the use of forged certificates to secure registration or internships.
Checking a doctor's registration
A registration number on its own is not proof of qualification if the register itself can be tampered with. Hospitals and employers can cross-check a doctor's entry on the state medical council register and the national register, ask to see original degree and registration certificates, and confirm the degree directly with the awarding university. Councils can add audit trails and periodic reconciliation between issued numbers and live database entries, which is how this case was caught.
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