Medical Store Fraud: A shocking case of fraud in the name of medicine has come to light from Surat, Gujarat. Here, a medical store operator has been accused of selling tonic meant for animals as medicine for children. The accused allegedly used to take out liquid from big cans and fill it in small bottles and sell them to customers by putting fake labels of the famous drug Liv.52 drops on them. The police, acting along with the Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) team, have arrested the accused.
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According to the police, the matter pertains to Shantinath Medical Store located in Gopipura area of Surat. FDCA team raided here on Tuesday. During this time, 51-year-old medical store operator Mohammad Sajid Ibrahim Mulla was arrested. Police allege that he was presenting Himalaya Liv.52 Protek Liquid Veterinary Feed Supplement as a medicine to be used for children.
According to the investigation, the accused used to take out liquid from one and five liter cans and fill it in small bottles of 60 and 100 ml. After this, fake labels of Liv.52 drops were put on the bottles and they were sold from medical stores. It is alleged that in this way double the price was being collected from the customers.
This case has raised serious questions on the safety of medicines given to children and monitoring of medical stores. However, it is not yet clear how many people had purchased this product from the accused's shop and how many children it was given to.
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Police have registered an FIR in the case under various sections of the Indian Justice Code. Now investigation is being done whether any other person was also involved in this alleged fraud and for how long the accused had been selling the product in this manner.
Police have appealed to the people that if they have purchased Liv.52 drops from the concerned medical store and have any problem after giving it to the child, then contact the doctor immediately. The final confirmation of the charges in the case will come only after investigation and legal process.