India, Aug. 5 -- A 43-year-old man from Assam's Sribhumi district was arrested in Cachar for impersonating a doctor using forged documents for nearly a decade and overseeing 50 caesarean surgeries at a hospital in Silchar, police said.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP), Cachar, Numal Mahatta, confirmed the development and said a detailed investigation is underway.

The fake doctor, identified as Pulak Malakar, had been working as an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Shiva Sundari Nari Sikshashram for several years and also worked in some other private hospitals since coming to Silchar in 2016, according to police records.

A case has been registered against Malakar under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) - includi...