Dandy: In Banka, Bihar, the Agriculture Department has raided a factory manufacturing fake pesticides. A factory manufacturing fake insecticide ‘Notivo’ of a wire company has been busted in a house in front of the power grid located in the city along the Banka-Dhakamod main road. In this raid, fake medicines worth more than Rs 1 crore have been recovered from the company.
Factory operator arrested: Investigator Ranjit Kumar had complained to the District Agriculture Officer about selling fake pesticides. After which, on the instructions of DAO Deepak Kumar, a three-member team of the department and a local police officer raided the house. From where a huge quantity of fake pesticides along with the chemicals, wrappers and packing machines used by the company have been seized. Police have arrested factory operator Kunj Bihari Sah.
Fake medicine worth Rs 1 crore seized in Banka (ETV Bharat)
Fake medicine worth one crore recovered: Agriculture Officer said that by raiding the factory, about 6 thousand 50 packets filled with insecticide named Nativo of Wire Company, about 55 hundred empty wrappers, about 85 kg of used chemicals in three sacks and packing machine have been seized. . In this regard, the investigator said that information was received about fake pesticides being made in the brand name of wire companies in a house in front of Shitala Sthan temple in Karhariya Mohalla of the city. On which the raid campaign was conducted under the leadership of Assistant Director Plant Protection Sujit Kumar Pal, Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer Pankaj Kumar, Block Agriculture Officer Anil Baitha, who were part of the team formed.
There was supply in other districts also: The manager further said that the Kushwaha Agricultural Center shop located near Dudhari Chowk was also raided and ten packets of medicine were recovered. In which a case was registered against Dudhari village shopkeeper Videshwari Panjiara and fake medicine factory operator Kunjbihari Sah in Sadar police station. It is being told that apart from the district, fake pesticides were being supplied indiscriminately to other districts also.
“On the written application given by Ranjit Kumar, an FIR has been registered against two persons under the Copyright Act. In which the factory operator has been arrested, while raids are being conducted to arrest the others.”- Rakesh Kumar, Police Station Head, Banka Police Station
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