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By Our Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 29. Medicines worth Rs. 1.5 lakhs, which were meant to be supplied only to Government and Army hospitals, were seized by the Operation Cell of the North Delhi police in the past two days. Two persons arrested during the operation revealed that they procured the medicines from retired and serving staff of the Army Medical Corps in Punjab. Acting on a tip-off that a person was indulging in illegal procurement and sale of medicines actually meant for Government hospitals, the Operation Cell mounted a raid and arrested him from Sarai Rohilla this Sunday. He was identified as Kewal Krishan, a resident of Rohini. The police recovered medicines from him which are used as anaesthetic during operations. The police recovered some more medicines from his house. During interrogation, Kewal revealed that he earlier ran a chemist shop at Naraina in South-West Delhi but later came across some people who gave him the idea to procure medicines from hospitals on cheaper rate and sell them in the open market. At his instance, the police arrested another accused, Mahesh Taneja, a resident of Haryana, from near Bhagirath Palace where he had gone to deliver a medicine consignment to his client on Tuesday. The police said Mahesh was a Registered Medical Practitioner in Haryana but he closed his clinic three years ago and started procuring medicines from hospitals through agents like Kewal Krishan, for sale. In three years, Mahesh had a big network of such agents through whom he would procure medicines and supply them to clinics and chemist shops. According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (North Delhi), Rajesh Khurana, both the accused revealed that the medicines recovered from them had been supplied to them by the serving and retired staff of the Army Medical Corps. Further investigations into the matter are on.
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