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Mohit Dhawan
Medical career
ProfessionDentist
Sub-specialtiesProsthodontics, dental implants

Mohit Dhawan is an Indian prosthodontist who practises in Chandigarh.[1] He has been involved in a series of legal disputes that began with a 2018 cheating case registered against him on the complaint of a US-based patient. He alleged that the case had been brought at the behest of Rakesh Asthana, then special director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a claim the Delhi High Court rejected in 2021.[2] In January 2022 he alleged that he had been abducted by Chandigarh Police personnel outside the district court complex in Chandigarh. On the direction of the Supreme Court of India, the CBI investigated the allegation and in 2026 filed a charge sheet naming nine police personnel as accused.[3][4]

Early life and education

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According to his clinic's website, Dhawan received a postgraduate degree in prosthodontics from Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences in Rohtak. The same profile states that he completed an advanced implantology clinical programme in Zeist, Netherlands, and further training at the Latin American Institute of Dental Research and Education (ILAPEO).[5]

Career

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Dhawan runs a dental practice in Sector 21, Chandigarh, known as Avance Dental Care and later as ADC Centre for Restorative and Implant Dentistry, together with his wife, who is also a dentist.[6][1][5] The practice offered overseas patients dental tourism packages that combined implant treatment with hotel accommodation and sightseeing.[6][7]

In May 2026, local media reported that he had been awarded a fellowship of the International Team for Implantology (ITI), a professional association based in Basel, Switzerland.[8][9]

Patient complaints and criminal cases

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2018 case

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In March 2018, Chandigarh Police registered a first information report (FIR) against Dhawan at the Sector 19 police station on the complaint of a US-based patient who had bought a dental tourism package from his clinic for US$10,500 in 2017.[10][7] She alleged that the implants were of poor quality, that her upper crowns and abutments fell off shortly after she returned to the United States, and that the promised hotel stay and sightseeing were not provided. She said she had been cheated of about ₹7.13 lakh.[10][6] Dhawan was booked under sections 420 (cheating) and 467, 468 and 471 (forgery) of the Indian Penal Code.[6][7] He denied the allegations, saying that he had already gone to court against the patient to recover unpaid fees after her cheques were dishonoured.[10][6] The Punjab and Haryana High Court granted him interim anticipatory bail in 2018.[6]

In May 2023, a Chandigarh civil court hearing a defamation suit filed by Dhawan granted an ad-interim injunction restraining the patient from publishing defamatory material about him on electronic media.[11]

In April 2025, the Chandigarh Police Complaints Authority (PCA), ruling on a complaint Dhawan had filed in 2018, held that there had been "gross misconduct" by the inspector and the investigating officer in the case and recommended a departmental inquiry against them. The PCA found that the patient's grievance concerned alleged deficiency in services, better suited to a consumer commission than to a criminal case, and called the FIR "motivated and without basis".[12][7] In February 2026, a Chandigarh court dismissed Dhawan's application seeking registration of an FIR against the police officials. The court held that the PCA's recommendation could not by itself establish that the officers had committed an offence, and said that his allegations of extortion and intimidation, first raised in 2019, appeared to be an "afterthought". According to the prosecution, the 2018 case was then under trial.[13]

2020 and 2021 cases

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In September 2020, a second cheating case was registered against Dhawan at the same police station on the complaint of a patient from Kenya.[14][15] In October 2020, while hearing Dhawan's petition to move the investigation of his cases out of Chandigarh Police's jurisdiction, the High Court asked the Chandigarh director general of police to file an affidavit "in view of the serious allegations against the very high ranking police officials/officers", and directed that no coercive steps be taken against him in the new case.[14] On 26 November 2020, the High Court dismissed the transfer petition. It held that the alleged proximity of police officials to the 2018 complainant had not been substantiated, and that sending complaints to officials or being their friends on social media did "not give rise to any presumption of mala fide".[16][17]

In October 2021, a third FIR was registered against him at the Sector 19 police station. His application for anticipatory bail in that case was rejected in November 2021, and arrest warrants were issued against him in December 2021.[1]

Allegations against Rakesh Asthana and Tajinder Singh Luthra

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In his 2018 anticipatory bail application, Dhawan alleged that the 2018 complainant was known to Rakesh Asthana, then special director of the CBI, and that Asthana had influenced Chandigarh Police to register a "false" case against him. Asthana told The Indian Express that he was not aware of the case and would not comment on a matter that was sub judice.[6] In 2019, Dhawan complained to the CBI director against Asthana, former Chandigarh director general of police Tajinder Singh Luthra and other police officers, alleging extortion, harassment and fabrication of documents. The CBI forwarded the complaint to the Chandigarh vigilance department, which was reported in January 2020 to be investigating it.[18][19]

Dhawan petitioned the Supreme Court seeking the prosecution of Asthana under the Prevention of Corruption Act, but withdrew the plea on 8 February 2021.[20][21] On 15 February 2021, the Delhi High Court dismissed his petition seeking directions to the CBI and the Central Vigilance Commission to act on his complaints. The court said there was no evidence that Asthana had ever influenced police officers in Chandigarh, noted that he had not been posted in Chandigarh at the relevant time, and imposed costs of ₹20,000, observing that the petition seemed to be "motivated due to some vindictive purpose".[2][21] On 20 February 2024, the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against that order, saying that "no interference is called for under Article 136 of the Constitution".[20][22]

Alleged abduction (7 January 2022)

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On 5 January 2022, the High Court directed Dhawan to appear before a magistrate at the district court complex in Sector 43, Chandigarh, on 7 January in connection with his anticipatory bail application in the 2020 case.[1] Dhawan alleged that on 7 January, as he went to appear, plain-clothes Crime Branch personnel forced him into a car near the court complex gate to prevent him from appearing. Police recorded that he had been arrested that evening near the bus terminal in Sector 43 in connection with another case.[1][3] He was remanded to seven days of police custody, then held in judicial custody, and released on 5 February 2022.[1]

In March 2023, the High Court directed the Punjab Police to set up a special investigation team and register an FIR against the police officials. The Chandigarh administration appealed, and the Supreme Court stayed that order. On 6 August 2024, the Supreme Court said the matter "may have taken a course in utter violation of the Constitution and laws" and directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary enquiry, including into whether Dhawan had been produced before a magistrate within 24 hours and whether his detention amounted to abduction.[3][15]

Following the enquiry, the CBI registered a case in early 2025 against seven Chandigarh Police Crime Branch personnel, including an inspector, under sections 365 (abduction with intent to confine) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.[1][23][24][25] According to the CBI's findings as reported, CCTV footage and call detail records placed Dhawan and the accused near the court complex at the relevant time, and he had been taken away in a private car registered to a relative of one of the accused.[1][23]

In early 2026, the CBI filed a charge sheet in a Chandigarh court naming nine police personnel as accused.[17][4][25] The charge sheet alleges that a WhatsApp group named "Dhawan" was created on the morning of 7 January 2022 to track him, that he was driven along internal roads for about three hours to avoid CCTV coverage before being handed over to a second team, and that a false daily diary report was prepared to account for his arrest. It also alleges that several of the accused discarded or destroyed their mobile phones.[4][26][25] The CBI asked the court to summon the accused and try them in accordance with law.[4]

Selected publications

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  • Dhawan, Mohit; Dhawan, Rosy (2013). Single Implant Overdentures. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-3-659-47346-3.

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sandhu, Jagpreet Singh (13 February 2025). "CBI books 7 Chandigarh cops for abducting a dentist". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 17 February 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  2. 1 2 "No evidence against BSF D-G Asthana in Chandigarh case: Delhi HC". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 16 February 2021. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "SC asks CBI to probe 'abduction' of dentist by Chandigarh Police". Hindustan Times. Press Trust of India. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Sandhu, Jagpreet Singh (19 February 2026). "Police personnel created WhatsApp group to coordinate tracking, abduction of dentist, says CBI chargesheet". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 March 2026. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Dr Mohit Dhawan". ADC Centre for Restorative and Implant Dentistry. Archived from the original on 19 May 2026. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Prashar, Saurabh (17 December 2018). "Chandigarh dentist suspects Rakesh Asthana's hand in false case against him". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 19 September 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Chandigarh: Police Complaints Authority for probe against Inspector, ex-SI in 'botched' dental tourism case". The Tribune. Tribune News Service. 8 April 2025. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  8. ↑ Sharma, Anu (16 May 2026). "Chandigarh Dentist Earns Prestigious Global Fellowship in Implant Dentistry, to Represent India at Milan Symposium". Chandigarh City News. Archived from the original on 8 June 2026. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  9. ↑ "चंडीगढ़ के डेंटल इंप्लांट स्पेशलिस्ट डाॅ. धवन को अंतरराष्ट्रीय सम्मान; रिसर्च और बेहतरीन काम का अवॉर्ड" [Chandigarh dental implant specialist Dr Dhawan receives international honour for research and excellent work]. Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). 15 May 2026. Archived from the original on 16 May 2026. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  10. 1 2 3 "Chandigarh: US woman files cheating complaint against city dentist". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  11. ↑ "'Botched' Surgery: US woman told not to 'defame' Chandigarh dentist on electronic media". The Tribune. Tribune News Service. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  12. ↑ Sandhu, Jagpreet Singh (8 April 2025). "FIR against Chandigarh dentist: 'Gross misconduct', PCA recommends inquiry against two police officials for faulty probe". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 9 March 2026. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  13. ↑ Singh, Rajanbir (22 February 2026). "Chandigarh court junks dentist's plea for FIR against cops". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 22 February 2026. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  14. 1 2 Sethi, Chitleen K. (14 October 2020). "Dentist says Chandigarh cops filed FIR against him at Asthana's behest, HC seeks affidavit". ThePrint. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  15. 1 2 Khanna, Gyanvi (23 August 2024). "Supreme Court Orders CBI Inquiry Into Alleged Illegalities In Chandigarh Police's Arrest Of Dentist". LiveLaw. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  16. ↑ "It Cannot Be Presumed That Police Officer Will Be Biased Merely Because He Is Facebook Friend Of Complainant: Punjab & Haryana HC". LiveLaw. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  17. 1 2 Singh, Rajanbir (21 January 2026). "CBI files chargesheets in 2 cases against Chandigarh cops". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 21 January 2026. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  18. ↑ "Chandigarh Vigilance Department to probe dentist's charges against ex-CBI special director Asthana". The New Indian Express. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  19. ↑ "UT vigilance to probe dentist's charges against Asthana, Luthra". The Times of India. Times News Network. 3 January 2020. Archived from the original on 19 September 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  20. 1 2 "SC dismisses dentist's plea seeking probe against former Delhi Police chief Asthana". ThePrint. Press Trust of India. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  21. 1 2 Agarwal, Shreya (15 February 2021). "Delhi High Court Dismisses With Cost Plea Seeking Criminal Prosecution Of DG BSF Rakesh Asthana Under PC Act". LiveLaw. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  22. ↑ Iyer, Aishwarya (21 February 2024). "Supreme Court refuses plea seeking probe against ex-Delhi Police Chief Rakesh Asthana". LawBeat. Archived from the original on 5 August 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  23. 1 2 "CBI books 7 Chandigarh cops for dentist's 'abduction' from court". Hindustan Times. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  24. ↑ Tiwari, Pawan (13 February 2025). "Dentist's abduction: CBI lodges FIR against 7 UT cops". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 March 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  25. 1 2 3 Gulati, Jasleen Kaur (21 February 2026). "Chandigarh dentist abduction case: CBI files chargesheet against nine accused cops". PTC News. Archived from the original on 8 March 2026. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  26. ↑ Sandhu, Jagpreet Singh (20 February 2026). "Private car, secret routes: CBI charge-sheet reveals how cops avoided detection during abduction of Chandigarh dentist". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 18 April 2026. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
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