The Commissionerate police on Wednesday arrested two more persons in connection with the racket involving the sale of spurious blood pressure drugs in Cuttack, taking the total number of arrests in the case to eight.
The accused were identified as Shiv Kumar Kayal and Mahendra Kumar Modi of Naya Sadak and Nimchaudi area in the city.
Sources said around 8,000 strips of fake Telma 40 worth around Rs 3 lakh were seized from the possession of the accused. The duo used to procure the spurious medicines from two distributors VR Agency and Puja Enterprises, whose owners were earlier arrested in the scam. They then used to supply the drugs to small medicine shops.
However, drugs control officials and police ascertained about their illegal activities and nabbed them after a long operation.
Cuttack DCP Pinak Mishra said police were investigating to find out the network and contacts of the accused. The latter’s financial transactions would also be probed.