Vaduj Police Book Three Individuals for Issuing Fake Lab Reports Using Karad Doctor’s Credentials
PUNE: The Vaduj police, late on Wednesday evening, registered a case against three unidentified individuals from Dr. B J Katkar Hospital in Vaduj, Satara. The individuals are accused of forging the signature and registration number of a qualified MD pathologist from Karad to issue fake medical reports.
According to the FIR, Dr. Sandeep Mohanrao Yadav, a 52-year-old pathologist who runs Datta Pathology Laboratory in Karad since 2006, filed a complaint after discovering that his name and credentials had been misused on five fabricated laboratory reports from Dr. B J Katkar Hospital.
Dr. Yadav holds an MBBS and MD in pathology and is registered with the Maharashtra Medical Council. The malpractice came to light on September 27, 2025, when Dr. Yadav was contacted by Dr. Mona Lambodar from Bullet Health Care Services, on behalf of Bajaj Allianz Insurance. She emailed him reports of five patients from Dr. B J Katkar Hospital—Saurabh Kokare, Hemant Devkar, Mahesh Yadav, Kesar Waghmode, and Pratik Kadam—for verification.
Upon reviewing the reports, Dr. Yadav found that they contained his name, registration number, and a forged signature, along with the hospital’s stamp. However, he had no association with the hospital and had not certified any of the tests.
As per the complaint, the reports were prepared by the hospital’s laboratory staff, who created fake documents to pass them off as genuine, misleading both patients and insurance authorities, according to Assistant Police Inspector Ghanshyam Babasaheb Sonawane, attached to the Vaduj police station.
API Sonawane stated, “Based on Dr. Yadav’s complaint, we have booked three unidentified individuals from the hospital’s laboratory and administration under section 33 of the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act 1961; and sections 336 (2), 336 (3), 340 (2), 318 (2), and 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.”
This case highlights the importance of stringent measures to prevent the forgery of medical documents and the need for robust verification processes in healthcare and insurance sectors.
