Fake Medicine Supply: 2 Distributors Arrested In Cuttack, Police To Seek 5-Day Remand

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police on Tuesday arrested the two accused in supply of duplicate Telma AM and Telma-40 tablets to retailers in the city.

According to sources, the accused, Sanjay Jalal, owner of Puja Enterprises in Jaunliapati, registered in the name of his wife Chanchala, and Rahul Syal, proprietor of VR Drug Agency in Manik Ghosh Bazar, were arrested after being questioned by Purighat police.

“The accused, who were absconding after officials of Directorate of Drugs Control filed FIR against them, had surrendered in Purighat police station on Monday.

Cuttack DCP Pinak Mishra said five-day remand of the accused duo will be sought for further interrogation. “A police team will visit other states for further investigation. Some more arrests may be made in this case,” the DCP added.

Jalal and Syal were absconding after the news about supply of fake drugs for treatment of high blood pressure came to light. Drug Inspector Tusha Ranjan Panigrahi had filed an FIR against them on Saturday.

Panigrahi filed the FIR after reputed pharmaceutical company Glenmark stated in clarification that the specific batch of the two medicines that were seized during the raids was not produced by the company. The distributors had procured the spurious drugs from Bengaluru and Gaya and supplied those to more than 100 retailers, the FIR stated.