Sunil Wadkar, who fraudulently acquired the post of civic medical chief in Vasai Virar sans a medical degree, has gone underground along with his dentist wife Dr Arti Wadkar, after a cheating case was registered against him, said Suresh Varhade, in-charge of Virar police station. Deputy Municipal Commissioner (DMC) of Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) Pankaj Patil gave a complaint against the Wadkar couple after the civic body learnt that he had submitted forged documents to get the post and Dr Arti Wadkar, who was a contractor and used to get medical practitioners to work in civic hospitals, helped him.

“We learnt about the Wadkar episode after reading newspaper reports. We scanned our documents and files related to his enrollment as a medical officer. Dr Arti was a contractor in the municipal corporation and she helped Sunil get the coveted post,” said Patil. “I have submitted a complaint against the couple at Virar police station and a case has been registered,” he added.