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Amritsar, May 3: In an important operation, the NCB Amritsar Zonal Unit has arrested Amit Bhandari, the owner of the pharma company ‘Blastic Pharma’. 31 thousand 700 Tramadol tablets were recovered from his warehouse. Which were being illegally supplied to unlicensed private hospitals, Life Care and Cooperative Hospital. NCB has also taken action against the hospitals.
Commenting on the NCB action and the ongoing drive against the drug network spreading across the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “India is ruthlessly eliminating drug cartels. The Amritsar Zonal Unit of NCB busted a gang spread across 4 states. Drugs worth Rs 547 crore were seized and 15 people were arrested. This is a big step towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of a ‘drug free India’. Congratulations to Team NCB.”
It is clear from this statement of the Home Minister that the Central Government is working on ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ against drugs.
Got a 2-day remand from the court
NCB arrested Amit Bhandari on May 1 and presented him in the court of Hon’ble Judicial Magistrate Ankita Gupta on May 2, where he was sent on a two-day police remand. While the arrest of many is still pending in this case. On the other hand, the Home Minister says that 15 people have been arrested in this entire operation.
31,700 tablets seized from the hospital
The NCB team raided the pharma company and seized 31,700 tablets of Tramadol. This action was taken by the Amritsar Ranjit Avenue unit of NCB. NCB’s investigation revealed that Amit Bhandari was supplying these narcotic drugs to Life Care and Cooperative Hospital without any records.
These hospitals did not have permission from any licensing authority to keep Tramadol. Despite this, the drug was being supplied. According to the NCB, this is a big drug diversion racket, in which drugs were being sent directly from pharma to hospitals.
