The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Friday busted a gang indulging in pilferage of medicines designated to be supplied to Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) dispensaries in Delhi. Two members of the gang were apprehended red handed with recovery of large cache of medicines bearing ESI stamps.
The accused have been identified as Chandra Prakash 33) resident of Greenfield Colony, Faridabad, Haryana and Praveen Mangla (40) resident of Lal Kuan in Badarpur, Delhi. One of the accused Chandra Prakash is a serving pharmacist with ESIC in Delhi.
According to Dr G Ram Gopal Naik, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Crime Branch, the police received specific inputs regarding a gang indulging in pilferage of medicines designated to be supplied to ESIC dispensaries in Delhi following which there movement was traced and duo was apprehended red handed from Badarpur while they were delivering the medicines illegally procured from ESI dispensary.
“During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused Chandra was posted at ESIC dispensary, Okhla, Delhi from where he illegally procured medicines and then sold the same to prospective buyers in Delhi-NCR. Whereas accused Parveen came in contact with co-accused Chandra Prakash and started purchasing medicines from him, which were illegally procured from ESIC dispensaries and further sold the same in market,” said the DCP.
“Total 87 packets of medicines bearing stamp— ESI supply Not for Sale— with market value around Rs 2.25 Lakh were recovered in their possession. Further investigation is going on,” Dr Naik added.