Racket manufacturing fake medicines busted, factory owner held

Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli

Published On 2025-07-19 11:35 GMT | Update On 2025-07-19 11:35 GMT

Dehradun: The owner of Dr Mittal Laboratories, which manufactured fake medicines by copying products of reputed pharmaceutical companies, was arrested on Friday in Uttarakhand.

Devi Dayal Gupta, who had been absconding for a long time, was finally tracked down and arrested in Dehradun by the Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF), Senior Superintendent of Police (STF) Navneet Singh Bhullar said.

Gupta is a resident of Ashok Vihar Phase-2, Delhi. His arrest brings the total number of accused in the case to four, including the kingpin of the operation, he said.

On June 1, an accused, Santosh Kumar, was caught in the Selaqui area with a large quantity of fake packaging boxes, labels and QR codes of wrappers of medicines of leading companies such as Glenmark, Ipca Laboratories, Intas Pharma, Alkem Health Science, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories and Cadila Pharmaceuticals, the SSP said.

Later, the STF arrested the kingpin Naveen Bansal and another accused, Aditya Kala. During Bansal’s interrogation, he revealed that fake medicines were made in Gupta’s factory in Sahaspur area and sent to places including Haryana and Rajasthan, Bhullar said.

From 2021 until the case came to light this year, Gupta allegedly manufactured 1.42 crore tablets and around two lakh capsules, which were supplied to Bansal’s fake firms -- Reelin Pharmatech and B Chem Biotech. These were then packed in wrappers of reputed brands and distributed to several cities across north India, PTI reported.

The fake drugs included Pantoprazole 40, Diclosin SP, Levocetirizine, Prochlorperazine, Amlodipine and Telmisartan tablets, the STF said.

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Racket manufacturing fake medicines busted, factory owner held

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