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Kaithal doc couple booked for forging attendance certificates, signatures of the then sitting judges
A Kaithal-based doctor couple was booked for allegedly submitting forged attendance certificates by faking signatures of the then sitting judges posted in Kaithal district in 2003
A Kaithal-based doctor couple was booked for allegedly submitting forged attendance certificates by faking signatures of the then sitting judges posted in Kaithal district in 2003.
The accused couple is Dr Neelam Kakkar and her husband Dr BB Kakkar, who are presently posted as consultants at a government hospital in Kaithal after retirement in 2017 and 2021, respectively.
An FIR was registered at the Civil Lines police on directions on the court of additional civil judge-cum-judicial magistrate first class Punita Bashamboo. The court has also issued directions for a thorough investigation in this regard.
Police have also booked two cops posted in the Economic Cell of the Kaithal police for not taking required action against the doctors when a complaint was filed against them in December last year.
As per the FIR, complainant Jaipal had alleged that the doctor couple was posed as medical officers at the civil hospital and during their service in 2003 and they had prepared false attendance certificates by putting signatures of four the then sitting judges. They had even claimed travel allowances from the health department.
Talking to HT, the complainant alleged that the couple got transferred to Punaha in 2003. To avoid joining duty there, they allegedly cited that they have to move court for regular hearings in different cases in Kaithal.
Jaipal said last year he had filed an RTI application in the office of director general of health, Panchkula regarding records of attendance and as per the records, four judicial officers had reportedly disclosed in letters that some attendance certificates are not genuine.
Based on the information, the complainant had moved a complaint to SHO Civil Lines police station and the office of the superintendent of police on December 3 last year for taking legal action and registering an FIR.
The Kaithal SP had forwarded the complaint to the Economic Cell, Kaithal for taking necessary action. The investigation was conducted by sub-inspector Mohinder Singh and in-charge Economic Cell Devender Kumar Sharma.
“But both the cops disposed off the complaint illegally without hearing the complainant as well as the judicial officers and misused their power,” Jaipal alleged.
Now, an FIR is registered under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 166-A and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the doctors and the cops. Kaithal SP Lokender Singh confirmed this and said no arrest has been made so far.
Meanwhile, Dr BB Khakkar refuted the allegations and said the matter had already been investigated on several occasions and there is no evidence to prove the allegations levelled against them.
He alleged that the complainant has some personal interests and is taking up this matter for publicity.
The doctor claimed to have a copy of the recent investigation in the case conducted by DSP Vivek Chaudhary in which the DSP claimed that there is no criminal offence found in the probe.
Also, in his investigation report, in-charge Economic Cell Devender Kumar Sharma had said that during probe, no evidence to prove the claims of false TA bills were found and there was no record related to the allegations.
