Four doctors from Kalyan booked for forging death certificates

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The Kalyan police recently booked four doctors of a private hospital for forging death certificates of the last three years. According to police officials, the accused doctors used fake signatures and stamp of a senior doctor from a civic-run hospital to give fake death certificates to deceased families.

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The incident came to light recently when the doctors gave a death certificate to a deceased family who tested positive for COVID-19, reports Hindustan Times. Complainant Arun Chandel, who is based with Central Hospital in Ulhasnagar had registered a case at Kalyan's Kolshewadi police station under Sections 465, 467, 471, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

"We have registered a case on Thursday on the complaint of Chandel and are further investigating the matter. The accused have been forging death certificates from 2017. At present, we've got confirmation about a single death certificate and will check further on how many such forged death certificates were prepared in the last three years," Kiran Wagh, assistant police inspector, Kolshewadi police station said.

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Police officials said that the forging had started three years ago after Chandel had left the hospital.

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