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Maharashtra FDA seizes 76 illegal abortion kits, books eight
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration seized 76 Medical Termination of Pregnancy kits worth Rs 54,181 in raids in Nagpur and Solapur on August 12, the FDA said. Officials also confiscated unauthorised…
The Story in Brief
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration seized 76 Medical Termination of Pregnancy kits worth Rs 54,181 in raids in Nagpur and Solapur on August 12, the FDA said. Officials also confiscated unauthorised medicines, including Alprazolam and Sildenafil. In Nagpur, 50 kits were recovered from a clinic and two people were detained. The FDA said manufacturer names and batch numbers on some kits had been erased or covered.
In Solapur, officials seized 26 kits allegedly sold through IndiaMART. Cases have been registered against eight people, including a doctor and an IndiaMART operator or director, under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the NDPS Act. Investigators are tracing the suppliers and other people allegedly involved.
The Indian Opinion
The racket should not be reduced to a morality tale about abortion, nor should online commerce be treated as proof of guilt by itself. The reported offences concern unauthorised storage, sale and altered medicine markings, all of which can endanger patients and frustrate recalls. The fair test is whether investigators establish the supply chain and whether the seized kits were genuine, properly labelled and medically safe. The final case record, not the number of arrests, will settle the strength of the prosecution.
Sources (2): timesnownews.com, ndtv.com
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