Dr Death held sway over fake drug empire
TNN Jul 16, 2011, 01.50am IST
NEW DELHI: Three persons were arrested in one of the largest racket of spurious drug production and distribution operating from Delhi and NCR. The gang, headed by a 55-year-old doctor, had been operating for over 5 years and had supplied spurious medicines worth over Rs 8 crore in Delhi and other states.
The accused have been identified as Dr Daya Shankar Mishra (55), Dinesh Sahu (52) and Moti Lal (45). Several members of the gang are on the run and police are yet to identify several chemists who were complicit in the racket, said cops.
The spurious medicine racket, operating in Delhi and Faridabad, blew the lid of a long-drawn interstate nexus between manufacturers, middlemen and chemists who received these drugs. Most of these medicines were sent to Bhagirath Place in Delhi as well as peripheries of others states in West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh among others, said crime branch officers.
Fake medicines worth over Rs 24 lakh were seized in the raid, said cops. About 414 boxes of Voveran (pain killer), 1660 boxes of Pan-40 (for gastric acidity), 100 boxes of Taxim O (antibiotic), 160 boxes of Zentel (for intestinal worms), 5kg of loose Ceftum (antibiotic), 250 tablets and 12kg of loose Centum 500 tablets (antibiotic) have been recovered in large quantities, said police. The manufacturing plant with sophisticated machines worth more than Rs 30 lakhs were seized in Faridabad.
"On July 11, based on specific information a trap was laid near the Old Delhi Railway Station and Daya and Dinesh were nabbed. Spurious medicines of 200 boxes (10x10) of Pan-40 and 414 boxes (25x15) of Voveran were seized. A case under relevant sections of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, Copy Right Act, Trade Mark Act and Indian Penal Code was registered accordingly. On interrogation, Daya revealed that he ran an illegal drug manufacturing unit in Faridabad. His employee Motilal managed the unit for him. His unit produced spurious Pan-40, Taxim O, Zental and Ceftum tablets. He and Dinesh Sahu also procured spurious medicines from Sanjiv Garg and Sunil Sharma. Both are on the run," said deputy commissioner of police (crime) Ashok Chand.
Daya Shankar's manufacturing unit was unearthed at Plot No. 18, Sector 6, Faridabad. Among other machinery, the three main machines seized at the factory were a blister packing machine, a compressor machine and one shrink pack machine, said cops. The blister packing machine is the most expensive and is installed at a cost of over Rs 20 lakh. It packs two aluminium sheets together with the medicine tablets packed in between. The compressor machine is used to make cavities on one side of the aluminium sheets for the tablets to firmly settle into the space for packing. The compressor machine is also used to move the heavy rollers which move on dies to give the tablets their definitive shapes. The shrink pack machine wraps the cellophane sheet around the packets when ready. Different dies and rollers which were used to cast the tablets into various shapes and sizes have also been seized from the illegal factory. A large number of rubber stamps to mark the medicine packets with date of manufacturing, batch number, MRP and expiry date have also been seized. In addition to these, 19 large aluminium foil rolls printed with the names and descriptions of different medicines have been seized. More than 4,250 printed thin cardboard outer boxes used to pack medicines have also been confiscated.
There is a huge difference in the prices of the genuine medicines and that of the spurious medicines, said police.
"During interrogation, it was revealed that Daya and Dinesh sold these spurious medicines through one Ram Ashish in West Bengal, Mannu in Patna, Mandeep Kumar in Ranchi and Mohammed and one Kiran in Hyderabad. All these medicines are sent by courier and private transport to all these places. In Delhi, these medicines find their way into Bhagirath Place through their associate named Kamal alias Laddoo," said DCP Chand.
Police said the gang also supplied spurious Stemetil (antiemetic), Augmentin (antibiotic), Ocid (antacid), Methergine Postpartum (bleeding inhibitor), Omez (antacid) and fake Viagra into the markets in the past 5 years, said cops. Some of these medicines are very expensive and the racketeers minted money by pumping these spurious medicines into the markets all over the country.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-16/delhi/29781539_1_spurious-medicines-tablets-manufacturing-unit
NEW DELHI: Three persons were arrested in one of the largest racket of spurious drug production and distribution operating from Delhi and NCR. The gang, headed by a 55-year-old doctor, had been operating for over 5 years and had supplied spurious medicines worth over Rs 8 crore in Delhi and other states.
The accused have been identified as Dr Daya Shankar Mishra (55), Dinesh Sahu (52) and Moti Lal (45). Several members of the gang are on the run and police are yet to identify several chemists who were complicit in the racket, said cops.
The spurious medicine racket, operating in Delhi and Faridabad, blew the lid of a long-drawn interstate nexus between manufacturers, middlemen and chemists who received these drugs. Most of these medicines were sent to Bhagirath Place in Delhi as well as peripheries of others states in West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh among others, said crime branch officers.
Fake medicines worth over Rs 24 lakh were seized in the raid, said cops. About 414 boxes of Voveran (pain killer), 1660 boxes of Pan-40 (for gastric acidity), 100 boxes of Taxim O (antibiotic), 160 boxes of Zentel (for intestinal worms), 5kg of loose Ceftum (antibiotic), 250 tablets and 12kg of loose Centum 500 tablets (antibiotic) have been recovered in large quantities, said police. The manufacturing plant with sophisticated machines worth more than Rs 30 lakhs were seized in Faridabad.
"On July 11, based on specific information a trap was laid near the Old Delhi Railway Station and Daya and Dinesh were nabbed. Spurious medicines of 200 boxes (10x10) of Pan-40 and 414 boxes (25x15) of Voveran were seized. A case under relevant sections of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, Copy Right Act, Trade Mark Act and Indian Penal Code was registered accordingly. On interrogation, Daya revealed that he ran an illegal drug manufacturing unit in Faridabad. His employee Motilal managed the unit for him. His unit produced spurious Pan-40, Taxim O, Zental and Ceftum tablets. He and Dinesh Sahu also procured spurious medicines from Sanjiv Garg and Sunil Sharma. Both are on the run," said deputy commissioner of police (crime) Ashok Chand.
Daya Shankar's manufacturing unit was unearthed at Plot No. 18, Sector 6, Faridabad. Among other machinery, the three main machines seized at the factory were a blister packing machine, a compressor machine and one shrink pack machine, said cops. The blister packing machine is the most expensive and is installed at a cost of over Rs 20 lakh. It packs two aluminium sheets together with the medicine tablets packed in between. The compressor machine is used to make cavities on one side of the aluminium sheets for the tablets to firmly settle into the space for packing. The compressor machine is also used to move the heavy rollers which move on dies to give the tablets their definitive shapes. The shrink pack machine wraps the cellophane sheet around the packets when ready. Different dies and rollers which were used to cast the tablets into various shapes and sizes have also been seized from the illegal factory. A large number of rubber stamps to mark the medicine packets with date of manufacturing, batch number, MRP and expiry date have also been seized. In addition to these, 19 large aluminium foil rolls printed with the names and descriptions of different medicines have been seized. More than 4,250 printed thin cardboard outer boxes used to pack medicines have also been confiscated.
There is a huge difference in the prices of the genuine medicines and that of the spurious medicines, said police.
"During interrogation, it was revealed that Daya and Dinesh sold these spurious medicines through one Ram Ashish in West Bengal, Mannu in Patna, Mandeep Kumar in Ranchi and Mohammed and one Kiran in Hyderabad. All these medicines are sent by courier and private transport to all these places. In Delhi, these medicines find their way into Bhagirath Place through their associate named Kamal alias Laddoo," said DCP Chand.
Police said the gang also supplied spurious Stemetil (antiemetic), Augmentin (antibiotic), Ocid (antacid), Methergine Postpartum (bleeding inhibitor), Omez (antacid) and fake Viagra into the markets in the past 5 years, said cops. Some of these medicines are very expensive and the racketeers minted money by pumping these spurious medicines into the markets all over the country.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-16/delhi/29781539_1_spurious-medicines-tablets-manufacturing-unit
Labels: Augmentin (antibiotic), Dinesh Sahu, Dr Daya Shankar Mishra, fake drug manufacturers held, fake Viagra, Methergine Postpartum, Moti Lal, Ocid (antacid), Omez, spurious Stemetil (antiemetic)
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