Continuing the action in the botched sterilisation camp incident in Bilaspur district, Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday suspended Assistant Drug Inspector Hemant Srivastava posted at the headquarters of Food and Drug Administration in Raipur.
Srivastava had awarded Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certificate to Mahavar Pharma despite five cases against the company pending with the court, according to an official press release issued here late on Sunday night.
The suspension order issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department states that 13 out of total 17 samples of Mahavar Pharma Private limited, Khamardih,Raipur were found sub standard, the license of the company was cancelled eight times and the company was restricted from manufacturing a specific drug in 2011.
In addition to these, five cases against the company are pending with the court since 2012, it stated.
Despite all these, Srivastava had awarded GMP certificate to Mahavar Pharma Private limited in 2014. The act by Srivastava has been taken as violation of the Chhattisgarh Civil Service (Conduct) Rules 1965 and falls under the category of serious misconduct, the press release stated. Srivastava has been suspended with immediate effect according to rule 9(1-A) of Chhattisgarh Civil Service (Clasification Control and Appeal) 1966, officials said.