Odisha: STF plans to take fake drug trade mastermind on remand

BHUBANESWAR: The special task force (STF) of the state Crime Branch, which is probing the spurious drug trade in Odisha, would soon bring the cases mastermind Sudeep Mukherjee from Mumbai on remand. Mukherjee, whose Noida-based Max Relief Healthcare had manufactured and supplied spurious Favipiravir to different states including Odisha, was arrested by Mumbai police last month.
“As per procedure, we have applied for his 10-day remand in a court in Bhubaneswar. The court will place our remand plea before the concerned Mumbai court. If the Mumbai court accepts it, we will bring Mukherjee here for interrogation,” a senior Crime Branch officer said.
The STF is also planning to take Cuttack-based medicine dealer Siba Prasanna Jena, who had procured the fake medicines from Mukherjee’s firm, on remand. The STF arrested Jena on June 24. “We are waiting for Mukherjee’s remand. When he is brought here, we will bring Jena on remand and interrogate them face to face,” the officer said.
Jena is the managing director of Medilloyd Medicament Private Limited and allegedly connived with Mukherjee to sell the spurious Favipiravir tablets.
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