Gurgaon: A Japanese medical equipment The Gurgaon Police had on Saturday registered a case against the manufacturer for inflating the price of the product and distributing it in the name of an unregistered importer on the directions of a court.
according to an inquiry by drug controller, the firm declared MRP 9,500 for the product – a guidewire used in catheters and surgical procedures – to the authorities, but in the market, the product’s label had Rs 10,000 as the MRP (the samples were collected from the market by the drug controller). Based on the data available with the department, the amount allegedly overcharged for the product was Rs 6.16 crore.
On June 10, during a hospital inspection by the drug controller, another product – a guiding catheter – was found with another company’s label as an importer. Its MRP on the label was Rs 8,000, although according to the drug controller the company had declared an MRP of Rs 7,450. The drug controller called it a violation of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order 2013. In Gurgaon, a complaint was filed by the Food and Drug Administration in June after the District Attorney’s opinion was filed with the police, but no FIR was registered.
Chemists Association of Gurgaon president Sharad Mehrotra moved a local court last week and Additional Sessions Judge Ashwini Kumar directed the registration of an FIR on Friday. The order of the court said, “In view of the facts attached to the vast documents attached to the complaint, this Court finds that without proper investigation, justice cannot be done in the matter, for which loading of FIR is a pre-requisite. is.” TOI reached out to the company for a comment, but did not get a response. A case was registered against the company at Sadar police station on Saturday under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating), 467 (cheating), 468 and 471 (forgery) of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act. Signatory and Head of Sales.
according to an inquiry by drug controller, the firm declared MRP 9,500 for the product – a guidewire used in catheters and surgical procedures – to the authorities, but in the market, the product’s label had Rs 10,000 as the MRP (the samples were collected from the market by the drug controller). Based on the data available with the department, the amount allegedly overcharged for the product was Rs 6.16 crore.
On June 10, during a hospital inspection by the drug controller, another product – a guiding catheter – was found with another company’s label as an importer. Its MRP on the label was Rs 8,000, although according to the drug controller the company had declared an MRP of Rs 7,450. The drug controller called it a violation of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order 2013. In Gurgaon, a complaint was filed by the Food and Drug Administration in June after the District Attorney’s opinion was filed with the police, but no FIR was registered.
Chemists Association of Gurgaon president Sharad Mehrotra moved a local court last week and Additional Sessions Judge Ashwini Kumar directed the registration of an FIR on Friday. The order of the court said, “In view of the facts attached to the vast documents attached to the complaint, this Court finds that without proper investigation, justice cannot be done in the matter, for which loading of FIR is a pre-requisite. is.” TOI reached out to the company for a comment, but did not get a response. A case was registered against the company at Sadar police station on Saturday under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating), 467 (cheating), 468 and 471 (forgery) of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act. Signatory and Head of Sales.
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