6 more held for getting degrees with fake certificates

Thane | Wednesday | 20th February, 2019

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After getting the degrees, three of the accusd worked as pharmacists, while the other three set up medical shops, he added. "This seems to be the tip of an iceberg, as many such pharmacists have got degrees after submitting bogus SSC and HSC certificates. Tahilramani reportedly aided them by getting admission for them at universities and subsequently handing them DPharm degrees," said Sandeep Bagul, investigation officer. With this, the arrests in the case have gone up to 12.The police found that the accused had got bogus HSC certificates , based on which they got admissions at a college run by Dr Purushottam Tahilramani of Deep's Paramedical and Pharmacy College, Kolshet. THANE: Six more persons were arrested by crime branch for procuring fake certificates to secure DPharm degrees and get medical shops licences.The police said Narendra Gehlot (32) set up a shop in Digha, Harishankar Joshi (38) in Mumbra, Dipak Vishawkarma (30) in Mulund , Dipak Chaudhary (40) in Bhiwandi, Pravin Gadda (50) in Thane, and Mahendra Bhanushali (30) in Dombivli ..