India, Sept. 9 -- Two men allegedly posing as qualified medical professionals - one claiming to be a senior gastroenterologist and the other an MBBS graduate from Kazakhstan - were arrested separately in Assam's Cachar district on Monday, following a complaint lodged by the Assam Council of Medical Registration (ACMR).

"We received complaints from anti-quackery vigilance officer of ACMR Abhijit Neog, and First Information Reports (FIRs) were lodged against Pankaj Chaudhary, a resident of Silchar, and Subhir Choudhury, a resident of Kalain," Cachar senior superintendent of police (SSP) Numal Mahatta said on Tuesday.

Neog alleged that Pankaj was illegally practicing as a medicine specialist, gastroenterologist, and diabetologist in the to...