BILASPUR: Continuing its crackdown on suppliers of the suspected spurious drugs, the Bilapsur Police arrested the Director of Kavita pharmaceuticals in Bilaspur, Rakesh Khare, late Friday night.
Khare is second pharmaceutical manufacturer and supplier to be arrested in connection with the botched sterilizations that have claimed 13 lives and left another 100 odd women ailing. The police has earlier arrested the directors of Mahavar Pharma Pvt Ltd, Ramesh Mahawa and his son, Sumit Mahawar. They all have been booked under Section 420 of the IPC.
Both the companies are suspected to have supplied the antibiotic, Ciprocin 500mg, which were distributed to the women, post sterilization procedure. Traces of rodenticide, Zinc Phosphide, have been found in the medicines and are suspected to be the cause behind the tragedy.
The state health department, which banned the sale of drugs of Mahawar pharma pvt ltd on Tuesday, has so far seized 46 lakh tablets including Ciprocin 500, manufactured by them from raids across the state. - TNN
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