CBI books Dental Council head Dibyendu Mazumdar for allegedly using corrupt means to retain the post

The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked Dental Council of India (DCI) president Dibyendu Mazumdar, along with the chairman of a dental college, a former vice-chancellor of a university and others, for allegedly using corrupt means to retain the post for the second term.

Those named in the FIR are Dr. Mazumdar, Vananchal Dental College and Hospital (Garhwa, Jharkhand) chairman Dinesh Prasad Singh, former vice-chancellor of Nilamber Pitamber University (Palamu) Firoz Ahmad, former DCI officiating secretary S.K. Ojha and other unknown persons.

“It was alleged that Dr. Mazumdar, whose term as the DCI president was to end once his membership with the Council expired on May 31, 2015, regained the membership from the Nilamber Pitamber University by claiming to be the honorary visiting professor of Vananchal Dental College and Hospital,” said a CBI official.

Dental Colleges to use Biometric Attendance for PG Students

Skipping classes is going to be harder for postgraduate dental students across the country. The Dental Council of India (DCI) will now monitor attendance centrally through the biometric system at all dental colleges. Additionally, there will also be teams that would inspect the Aadhaar card and address proof given by students.

The medical fraternity is clearly taking policing seriously now. Recently, medical colleges were asked to have live streaming on campus as well as CCTV cameras.

The call for such a move came after colleges witnessed increased absenteeism. Compared with undergraduate students, PG students were reportedly more careless with attendance and there were even cases of PG students working at clinics when they should have been in class.

Katrina Kaif to undergo dental surgery

Katrina Kaif has been in great pain all of last week. She has been walking around with a swollen face because of an infected wisdom tooth. The actress has been pumped with antibiotics. But being Ms Perfect, Katrina has attended three events that she was committed to, delaying her appointment to the dentist. Now the tooth has become severely infected and she has to undergo surgery.

Says a source close to Katrina, “Her wisdom tooth has been acting up. She neglected it and attended two events — a party thrown in honour of photographer Mario Testino in Delhi and Anurag Basu’s Saraswati puja after her return. On Thursday, she went to Breach Candy hospital to have the surgery but was sent back as the tooth had become too infected. Now the doctors have told her she can only have it done next week once the infection settles. On Friday, she attended another event (of a financial institution), She is on antibiotics and is feeling sick because of them, but she didn’t want to cancel her appointments. She wants to complete her work commitments as she can rest later. Today, she may go to the hospital to have the surgery done.”

Director of AVCO Dental Delhi arrested by CBI for illegal sale of dental products for armed forces

When the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last week busted an alleged criminal conspiracy involving the sale of dental products meant for armed forces to a private company, agency sleuths had stumbled upon hundreds of false teeth also known as dentures.

While the CBI probe was specifically probing the sale of 90 kits of Glas Ionomer Cement (GIC) to one Seth, the dentures pointed out to larger conspiracy involving at least one official working at the Armed Forces Medical Store Depot (AFMSD) and businesses which might be based out of India.

The probe agency, according to official sources, might now be sitting on a larger conspiracy involving illegal export, of dental products.

Skeletons started tumbling out after CBI received information that Hawaldar P Sridhar, who was working as the store in charge at Armed Forces Medical Store Depot (AFMSD) in Delhi Cantonment was allegedly involved in the sales of dental products.