Delhi Police Exposes Rs 50 Crore Fake Medicine Racket; Six Arrested in Interstate Scam

A massive interstate racket has been recently exposed by the cyber cell unit of the crime branch. In this regard, six individuals have been arrested. As per the officials of Delhi Police, these individuals are found to be involved in manufacturing, storing, and distributing fake medicines.

The accused have been identified as Nikhil Arora (40 years), who used to operate a wholesale medicine shop in north Delhi’s Chandni Chowk; Shivam Tyagi (26 years); Mayank Aggarwal (42 years); Mohit Kumar Sharma (30 years), who are suppliers of fake medicines; Shahrukh (38 years); and Rahul (36 years), both suppliers of ready-made GST firms and fake billing services.

The officials said that they have also found and shut another illicit factory located in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, involved in manufacturing fake medicines, which has also been revealed by the officials. They have also revealed a network of fake GST companies worth Rs 50 crore that was used to create false invoices.

The arrest took place between March 12 and 27. During the search operation, approximately 120,000 fake tablets and capsules were confiscated from Delhi and Loni in Uttar Pradesh. Among them, around 40,000 tablets and capsules were located from a 15-foot-deep pit, developed by the accused. Inspector Manjeet Kumar and his team from the cyber cell discovered the exact location on March 29. They dug up the ground and recovered the fake medicines.

The police, during a raid at Arora’s property in Delhi’s Bihari Colony, Shahdara on March 11, confiscated around 85,000 fake tablets and capsules, including Rabemac-DSR, Telma-AM, Sporolac-DS, Signoflam, Chymoral Forte, Ursocol-300, CCM, Ketorol-DT, Gemcal, Gluconorm series, Jalra-50, Moxovas, Glycomet, Amlovas-AT, Disperzyme, Glimisave, Drotin-M, Naxdom-500, Bio-D3 Plus, Gabapin-NT, and Montair-LC.

As per DCP Gautam, these medicines are generally used for the treatment of diabetes, hypertension, infections, liver disorders, and inflammation. The accused used to apply these fake medicines using fake invoices generated through GST companies. These companies were used to hide actual business operations, avoid paying taxes, and make the fake transactions look genuine.

Further investigation contributed to the arrest of three more suppliers named Shivam Tyagi, Mayank Aggarwal and Mohit Kumar Sharma.