Continuing their offensive against vendors of toxic alcohol, police on Sunday arrested three more persons for selling "dubious" medicine brands that have so far claimed 35 lives in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. The accused were owners of three medicine stores in the twin cities.
While two of them were from Bhingarpur area, the worst-hit region near Bhubaneswar, the third accused hailed from Kantapada area in Cuttack district, sources said. Police and excise officials have so far arrested more than 20 people, including six employees of the controversialEastern Indian Pharmaceutical Laboratory in the wake of the toxic alcohol tragedy. The laboratory was sealed for allegedly manufacturing the toxic medicines. Also on Sunday, police brought two employees of Eastern India Pharmaceutical Laboratory on four-day remand for interrogation. The accused, Bhagirathi Mishra and Biswanath Mallick alias Sania, were arrested on Friday.
While Mishra, a sales agent of the company, was accused of hiding the toxic medicine brands --Epecarm and Cinnamon --in a warehouse at Baramunda, driver Mallick was in the eye of storm for allegedly playing a key role in supplying the spurious medicines to unauthorized chemist stores and liquor joints. "We hope to gather vital leads during interrogation," a senior police officer said. Twin city police officials on Sunday also met in Bhubaneswar to chalk out strategies to fight the scourge of spurious medicines.
While two of them were from Bhingarpur area, the worst-hit region near Bhubaneswar, the third accused hailed from Kantapada area in Cuttack district, sources said. Police and excise officials have so far arrested more than 20 people, including six employees of the controversialEastern Indian Pharmaceutical Laboratory in the wake of the toxic alcohol tragedy. The laboratory was sealed for allegedly manufacturing the toxic medicines. Also on Sunday, police brought two employees of Eastern India Pharmaceutical Laboratory on four-day remand for interrogation. The accused, Bhagirathi Mishra and Biswanath Mallick alias Sania, were arrested on Friday.
While Mishra, a sales agent of the company, was accused of hiding the toxic medicine brands --Epecarm and Cinnamon --in a warehouse at Baramunda, driver Mallick was in the eye of storm for allegedly playing a key role in supplying the spurious medicines to unauthorized chemist stores and liquor joints. "We hope to gather vital leads during interrogation," a senior police officer said. Twin city police officials on Sunday also met in Bhubaneswar to chalk out strategies to fight the scourge of spurious medicines.
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