Spurious Drug Scam: Court directs IGP to investigate matter under the supervision of CS

Srinagar: The Division Bench comprised of Justice Mansoor Ahmed Mir and Justice Ali Mohammad Magray Wednesday directed the Inspector General of Police Crime Branch to monitor the investigation taking place in spurious drug scam under the supervision of Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey.
The DB after hearing the arguments made by the Counsel for Doctors Body on PIL seeking independent probe into the spurious drug scam pulled the respondents for not taking action against the Central Purchasing Committee (CPC) members.
The Court directed the Counsel senior additional Advocate General, Javid Ahmed Kawoosa appearing for the government to provide the names of members of CPC after the Counsel made a statement in the Court that some arrests have already been made in this case.
Counsel appearing on behalf of Doctors Body, Advocate Bhat Fayaz Ahmed informed the Court about the menace of spurious drugs and said that there are 85 kinds of drugs which are spurious and already been supplied to hospitals.
The Court ordered the Counsel to submit a list of those spurious drugs. “I have prepared the list and we are soon going to submit that list before the Honourable High Court,” Advocate Bhat Fayaz told.
The next hearing for the PIL has been fixed on May 9, which falls on Thursday.
Pertinently, DAK president Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan had filed the PIL through his counsel Advocate Bhat Fayaz Ahmed seeking a thorough and independent probe into the drug scandal filed the PIL. The PIL had been submitted against the State of Jammu and Kashmir mentioning the names of former Health Minister, Secretary Health, Director Health Services, Controller Drug and Food Organization, CPC officials and others related to the matter.