The Delhi Police have made a significant breakthrough by busting an international fake medicine racket. Seven individuals have been arrested in connection with the racket, with fake cancer medicines worth ₹4 crore seized. The arrested accused, identified as Viphil Jain (46), Suraj Shat (28), Neeraj Chauhan (38), Parvez (33), Komal Tiwari (39), Abhinay Kohli (30), and Tushar Chauhan (28), have been charged with playing with the lives of people by selling ‘fake’ drugs.
The Special Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch), Shalini Singh, stated, “Information regarding a racket involved in manufacturing and supply of spurious cancer medicine was received, after which a dedicated team was constituted.” She further added that simultaneous raids were conducted at four different locations, including two flats in Moti Nagar, one flat in South City of Gurgaon, one flat in Yamuna Vihar of northeast Delhi, and a reputed cancer hospital in Delhi.
The prime location where the spurious cancer medicines were being manufactured was identified as two flats in DLF Capital Greens, Moti Nagar, by Viphil Jain, the mastermind of the racket. During the raids, 137 vials of spurious cancer injections namely Keytruda, Infinzi, Tecentriq, Perjeta, Opdyta, Darzalex & Erbitux, 519 empty vials of Keytruda, Infinzi, Tecentriq, Perjeta, Opdyta, Darzalex & Phesgo, and 864 empty packaging boxes of vials of the above-mentioned spurious cancer vials were recovered.
