Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 19: Doctors have demanded an independent inquiry in spurious drug scam so that those heads will role as the culprits who are being shielded by investigating authority.
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) president Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan said in a statement the fake drug scam was an unforgivable commission of crime as precious human lives are lost and perpetrators should face public trial.
“It is shocking that Government is shielding spurious drug perpetrators. We are anguished to know that crime branch in its supplementary charge sheet has let off the then Deputy Drug Controller. Earlier, she was indicted as there was substantial evidence to prove her complicity in the purchase and supply of spurious drugs for Government Hospitals. She along with other members of purchase committee (PC) had deliberately overlooked the fake and fraudulent tendering documents and had facilitated the commission of crime,” Dr Hassan said.
He said the Government has already given a clean chit to the then Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma whose involvement in spurious drug scam was proved by a letter from Aniece Choudhary that the Minister had directed the chairperson of PC to go ahead with rate contract without checking the potency of the drug and credentials of the firm.
“The members of verification board of Directorate of Health Services Kashmir under the administrative control of Director Dr Salem-ul-Rehman, who have deliberately overlooked the credentials of supplier/ manufacturer, have also been left out by investigating authority.”
He said the Drug Control Department was hand in glove with spurious drug mafia and was in league with shoddy pharmaceutical companies.
“The department has shown utter disregard to their duties by not taking samples for analysis. Kashmir is a den of spurious drugs and this deadly business has political patronage,” he said.
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