KATHMANDU: Police on Saturday arrested two aspiring doctors on charge of using fake academic credentials to obtain the doctor's licences.

Under its Operation Quack, the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police today arrested Rajeev Kumar Jha and Prithvi Narayan Yadav while they were taking the examination for the doctor's licence being conducted by the Nepal Medical Council.

Police said Jha (31), a permanent resident of Matsari-5 of Rautahat district had submitted a certificate of the Intermediate level with the false scores from the Bihar Intermediate Education Council in order to pursue the MBBS degree from China.

After completing the MBBS course, he had done internship at a Nepali health facility also.

He, however, had failed the NMC licence test for 12 times, according to police.

In another case, Yadav (29) from Bahuari-4 of Bara district, also acquired a certificate with fake scores from the same institution in the same year (2006) and did MBBS from China.

He had failed the NMC licence test 13 times.

Police said both of them had added some marks on their actual scores either to show they had passed the Intermediate exams or to improve their grades.

The CIB had launched the Operation Watch few months ago in collaboration with the NMC and Higher Secondary Education Board in a bid to rid the medical sector of fake doctors.

Police said the arrestees would be charged under the Nepal Medical Council Act, 1964.