Fake drugs racket busted, one held
A fake medicine racket has been busted in Howrah, with the arrest of the 48-year-old kingpin, Mahesh Kumar Rathi, and seizure of fake medicines worth around Rs 7 lakh.
Rathi was picked up on Wednesday night following raids on his house at 197 Ramkrishnapur Lane and two drug outlets, on GT Road (in Shibpur) and Banbehari Bose Road (in the Howrah police station area).
An officer said he used to paste fake labels on expired medicines and sold them to retailers and the public.
By Howarh Haul
08 December 2006