PIC staff, doctor, distributor arrested in contaminated medicine case
Men declined having purchased IsoTab batch 093, however tampering in records, and medicine stock discovered.
LAHORE:
Police in Lahore has arrested six men including two doctors, and two medicine coordinators in connection with the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) contaminated medicine case, Express News reported on Wednesday.
Sources said that an investigative team took six men in to custody including two doctors on the panel of PIC medicine procurement committee, two distributors including Tariq and Musharraf, PIC store keeper Zulfiqar, and pharmacist yousuf.
The names of the two doctors arrested have not been revealed.
According to sources, the arrested men denied having bought IsoTab medicine of batch 093. However, investigations discovered that their records had been tampered. Some of the contaminated medicines too were recovered from their store.
An FIR under sections 468, 471, and 420 have been registered. Further deliberations are underway to on whether those arrested should also be charged under sections 319 and 302.
Police in Lahore has arrested six men including two doctors, and two medicine coordinators in connection with the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) contaminated medicine case, Express News reported on Wednesday.
Sources said that an investigative team took six men in to custody including two doctors on the panel of PIC medicine procurement committee, two distributors including Tariq and Musharraf, PIC store keeper Zulfiqar, and pharmacist yousuf.
The names of the two doctors arrested have not been revealed.
According to sources, the arrested men denied having bought IsoTab medicine of batch 093. However, investigations discovered that their records had been tampered. Some of the contaminated medicines too were recovered from their store.
An FIR under sections 468, 471, and 420 have been registered. Further deliberations are underway to on whether those arrested should also be charged under sections 319 and 302.