Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 10: The Crime Branch, Jammu today produced supplementary charge-sheet against three Government officials including the then Director Health Services Dr Madhu Khullar, presently posted as Director AIDS in connection with muck publicized spurious drugs scam. First challan in the scam had been produced against 14 persons on June 20 this year.
Outgoing SSP Crime Branch Nissar Ahmad, now transferred and posted as DIG Railways Security, said 14 officials had already been challaned as they had either retired from the Government services or were private persons. However, in case of three serving officials, the Crime Branch was awaiting prosecution sanction from the Government, which was received recently.
The Crime Branch presented supplementary challan against three officials today in the court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Jammu. They are Dr Madhu Khullar, the then Director Health Services, Jammu and chairperson Purchase Committee-II, Government Medical College, Jammu, presently posted as Director AIDS control society Reva Gupta, the then Administrator of Associated Hospitals, Jammu and Member Purchase Committee-II, GMC Jammu and Joginder Kumar, the then Accounts Officers, GMC Jammu and Member Purchase Committee-II.
The supplementary chargesheet has been produced under Section 274, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B RPC read with Section 5(2) Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 27 Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Nissar Ahmad said the accused were found culpable for their role in clearing fake and fictitious documents of M/s Lifeline Pharmaco Surgicals, a supplier company, which had resulted in supply of spurious drug Maximizin-625 mg to the Health Department of Jammu and Kashmir.
He added that the accused officials had misused their official position for extraneous consideration by clearing the documents of M/s Lifeline Pharmaco Surgicals, which did not conform to the specifications and important terms and conditions laid down by the Purchase Committee vide
NIT No. 4 dated 8.2.2013.
The case has been fixed for hearing on December 13, 2013.
On June 20, the Crime Branch, Jammu had presented challan against 14 persons in the same case.
They included Ashok Kumar Raina and Amardeep Raina, sons of Baskar Nath Raina of Vinayak Nagar, Akhil Kumar Gadoo, son of I K Gadoo of Tomal Colony Bohri, Prem Prakash Barnwal, son of Ganesh Prasad of UP and his wife Manjula Barnwal, both Directors of M/s Sanative Pharmaceuticals, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, son of Krishen Murari Agarwal of Patna (chemist in M/s Sanative Pharmaceuticals), Rahul Kumar Singh, son of Triguna Singh of Chapra Bihar, Mukesh Agarwal, Prop of M/s Suraj Enterprises c/o Yogesh Dhawan of Satya Vihar Dehradun, Zubair Ahmad, son of Sain Mohammad of Jasola Vihar near Delhi, Neeraj Agarwal, son of Salekh Chandra Agarwal of New Delhi, Sunil Gupta, son of B K Gupta of Channi Himmat, Dr A K Sharma, the then Medical Superintendent SMGS Hospital, Dr Aniece Choudhary, the then Principal Government Medical College Jammu and Dr S C Khajuria, the then Assistant Director Family Welfare Department.
The offences under Section 274, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 12-B RPC read with Section 5(2) PC Act, 2006 have been established against all these accused by the Crime Branch.
The case regarding supply of spurious drugs was referred to Crime Branch by Commissioner Secretary Health and Medical Education Department for investigation and accordingly case FIR No.10/2013 under Sections 274, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120B RPC read with Section 5(2) of PC Act was registered in police station Crime Branch Jammu on April 20, 2013.
During the investigation, it has been established that accused persons Ashok Kumar Raina, Amardeep Raina and Akhil Kumar Gadoo dishonestly and fraudulently prepared fake and fictitious documents including partnership deeds/rent deeds of bogus firms.
After getting registered with GMC, Jammu, as a supplier firm, the accused managed false, fake, fictitious and fraudulent documents in connivance with other accused persons associated with some pharmaceutical companies located outside the State, Thereafter in conspiracy with members of the Purchase Committee-II, the firm got the approval of rate contract for supply of Medley manufactured Maximizin-625 mg tablets to the Health Department.
“The accused had actually got the drug illegally and fraudulently prepared through M/s Sanative Pharmaceuticals, Selequi, Dehradun and supplied the same to the Health Department which was later found spurious”, sources said.
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