The Delhi police crime branch on Tuesday claimed to have busted an international syndicate which was manufacturing fake life saving drugs. With the arrest of seven people, Delhi police crime branch has seized fake medicines of international brands valued at Rs eight crore.
"We have also seized a huge quantity of loose medicines, packets, packaging material and machinery equipment," a senior official said.
The accused were identified as Pabitra Narayan Pardhan, Shubham Manna, Pankaj Singh Bohra, Ankit Sharma alias Anku alias Bhajji, Ram Kumar alias Harbir, Aekansh Verma and Parbhat Kumar.
Crime Branch DCP Ravindra Yadav said: "There were some vital inputs at ISC Crime Branch, Delhi regarding involvements of an international gang in manufacturing-cum supplying spurious life saving cancer drugs. These individuals were indulged in inter-state dealings and pan-India involvement in supplying counterfeit life saving drugs, since long.