NEW DELHI, April 25 -- Madan Mandal, 45, was on the hunt for what he called a "respectable job". A resident of Shahbad Dairy in northwest Delhi, he wanted to start his own shop, and felt that operating a pharmacy was a decent option.
There was just one problem - Mandal hadn't even matriculated from school, let alone earned a pharmacy diploma, which made getting a pharmacy registration certificate - mandatory to operate a chemist shop - impossible.
Well, nearly impossible.
Mandal chose to get his registration through another route - he paid a tout Rs.4 lakh for a "package deal". Within days, he received fake matriculation and diploma certificates. Two and a half months later, the Delhi Pharmacy Council (DPC) issued him a registration numb...