Guwahati, Sept. 2 -- Cachar Police on Tuesday arrested a 23-year-old man posing as a doctor at the Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), the premier government hospital of South Assam.

The accused, identified as Mir Hussain Ahmed Barbhuya of Ganigram Part-II, Katigorah, had been attending patients at the gynaecology OPD since August 29.

Police later confirmed that Barbhuya had studied only up to matriculation at Ganigram Higher Secondary School and had bought a stethoscope online to impersonate a doctor.

"We arrested a fake doctor from SMCH this morning. He had been treating patients for two days. When he returned to the OPD today, locals grew suspicious and informed us. He has no medical qualification whatsoever," said Cachar S...