New Delhi : An official stated on Sunday that the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch had busted a fictitious medical factory producing duplicate “Betnovate-N,” seizing 2,200 filled and 68,000 empty tubes of the skin ointment. They have also detained the mastermind.
Avan Monga, a 45-year-old Delhi resident of Vishnu Garden, was named as the accused.
The Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) Company’s Betnovate-N’ cream is used to treat skin conditions.
Ravindra Singh Yadav, Special Commissioner of Police and Crime, stated that over the past few months, trustworthy information has been received indicating that several companies are producing a large number of identical cosmetics and pharmaceutical products.
The task of gathering information against such entities was given to a police team, and data was gathered from both manual and technical sources.
“It was revealed that some entities situated in the Gulabi Bagh area are indulging in the illegal activity of manufacturing/stocking/ supplying/trading duplicate products of GSK Company. Authorised Enforcement officer of the company was contacted who also confirmed the same information with him,” the Special CP said.
The police team acted swiftly and a joint raid along with the Enforcement officer was conducted at the premises.
“During search, 57 cartons containing empty tubes of Betnovate-N cream were recovered from the factory, wherein each carton was found containing 1,200 tubes. Four cartons containing filled tubes of Betnovate-N cream were also recovered from the factory, wherein each carton was found containing 550 tubes,” said Yadav.
Other raw material and heavy Industrial machines which were being used for manufacturing were also seized.
During interrogation, the owner of the factory, Monga disclosed that he was running this factory for the last one year to gain a big margin. “He further disclosed that he used to get printed outer cover and tube of Betnovate-N from a printing press situated in outer Delhi and thereafter used it to fill/reseal the product in his factory,” the Special CP said.
Monga had spread this business in the area of outer Delhi and efforts are being made to unearth the whole chain, he added.
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