Launching a scathing attack on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directed a CBI probe into alleged procurement and supply of spurious and non-standard drugs in government hospitals and mohalla clinics in the national capital, the BJP's Delhi chief Vir
According to sources, the ministry has asked the CBI to register FIR into the supply of "sub-standard" drugs to Delhi government-run hospitals on Friday.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday granted bail to MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in a case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Arms Act. However, before he could be released from prison, the Punjab police arrested him in a fresh case.
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Thursday, while speaking to ANI hit out at the Delhi CM and alleged that the latter and the then Health Minister Manish Sisodia and the current, Saurabh Bharadwaj, were aware of the alleged pathology scam.
The Kandivali unit of the Anti Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested two drug peddlers from the Borivali area and recovered 2 kg 960 grams of hashish from them.
Following a significant operation on December 12, last year, DRAP's team conducted a raid on an illicit pharmaceutical factory in Karachi, seizing a substantial quantity of counterfeit drugs.
According to officials, at first, an accused identified as Mohd Nasir alias Kaku (19), involved in drug trafficking, was arrested near Anand Vihar Bus Terminal with 426 grams of heroin. At his instance, another accused, Mohd Bijli was apprehended from Delhi's Haiderpur, police said.
In a major crackdown, at least 95 people were detained after the police raided a rave party in Maharashtra's Thane city in the early hours of Sunday, police said.
According to the police, the arrested persons transported the drugs from Rajasthan to Hyderabad. The arrested were identified as Umesh Tiwari,35, a resident of Sultanpur, Uttar pradesh, Suresh Dewasi,26, a resident of Bhinmal, Rajasthan, and Ravla Ram, 22, a resident of Sanchore, Rajasthan.