KATHMANDU, AUGUST 19

Nepal Police have arrested seven persons for allegedly forging educational certificates for studying MBBS.

Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police arrested seven persons on the charge of possessing fake academic educational certificates for studying MBBS. The CIB team also made them public yesterday.

The arrested have been identified as Manit Chaudhary, 24, of Morang who is serving at Anu Pharmacy Biratnagar, Amit Chaudhary, 34, of Bara who is working at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Erina Shah, 29, of Kathmandu who has been preparing for MD studies and Shraddha Shilpakar, 33, of Lalitpur, who is currently working at Ishan Children and Women's Hospital in Basundhara.

Likewise, Punam Thapa, 28, of Kathmandu, Rambabu Yadav, 32, of Siraha who is working at Bagmati Hospital and Nasim Akhtar, 28, of Saptari who is currently studying in Chitwan Medical College were also arrested.

CIB Spokesperson, Superintendent of Police Sanjaya Singh Thapa said they were arrested for allegedly forging their scores in academic certificates and showing them as testimonials for work and study.

Police detained the persons after confirming that the documents they possessed were fake and initiated investigation into them based on the evidences.

As informed, Nepal Police had gathered the evidences from the National Examination Board and Examinations Control Office, Sanothimi, Bhaktapur, before arresting them. Spokesperson Thapa said further investigation into the case was under way.

A version of this article appears in the print on August 20, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.