Fake ICU drugs seizure: Karnataka sets up 6-member SIT to probe statewide racket
The Karnataka Government has formed a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate a spurious drug racket uncovered in Bengaluru South district. The team, headed by Joint Commissioner of Police (West) C Vamshikrishna, will operate under the supervision of the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Law and Order.
The formation of the SIT came after the seizure of fake and potentially mislabeled medicines worth Rs 4.91 crore from an unauthorized facility near Bidadi. The unit, which refilled lower-cost medicines into new vials and relabeled them to appear as expensive brands, was found during a raid on Tuesday. The police registered a case at Tavarekere Police Station for drug adulteration and dishonestly inducing a person to deliver property.
Minister U T Khader stated that this unlicensed repacking and relabelling facility was part of a nationwide network, with drugs sourced from fake manufacturing units in Himachal Pradesh and Telangana. The SIT team includes Shiva Prakash Devaraju, Lokesh B Jagalasar, Manjunath Reddy, Namrata Hallur, and drug inspector Neha Murki.
Their investigation will cover the entire distribution network and hospitals where the drugs might have been administered. So far, one person has been arrested, with the alleged main accused, Prashanth, still at large.
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