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Medical Store sealed, one arrested for illegal sale of MTP Kits

“There are more shops in the area involved in the illegal sale of MTP kits and other medicines used for addiction purposes,” he said.

The Health Master

July 8, 2022

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Last Updated on January 9, 2024 by The Health Master

A team from the chief minister’s flying squad, the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) Haryana, and the health department jointly raided a chemist shop in Sohna and arrested the shop owner for allegedly selling medical termination of pregnancy kits (MTP Kits) for abortion illegally.

Officials said the shop owner, identified as Nafiz (known by his first name), was also found supplying the kits to quacks in the area.

Police said Nafiz was caught with five MTP Kits. The kits were allegedly used to abort the fetus of girl children in the region, said police.

According to police, they had received a tip-off on Monday that abortion drugs were being bought and sold illegally without a bill and prescription from a registered pharmacy, following which teams were formed and a raid conducted.

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Inderjeet Yadav, deputy superintendent of police (DSP) with the CM’s flying squad, said they received many tip-offs in the last week from Sohna that chemists were illegally selling MTP kits and sedatives.

“A joint team was formed after conducting a recce of the area and identifying the chemist shop. A decoy customer was sent to the chemist shop, who bought an MTP kit. The team caught the chemist red-handed,” he said.

Yadav said there are a few more chemist shops in the area allegedly involved in the illegal sale of MTP kits but they are yet to identify them.

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“The abortion drugs were being bought and sold illegally without bill and prescription from a tout. The chemist also used to get a share from the sale,” he said.

Mandeep Mann, Drugs Control officer, who led the raid, said they have sealed the medical store and will write to the licensing authority to cancel the medical store’s license.

“There are more shops in the area involved in the illegal sale of MTP kits and other medicines used for addiction purposes,” he said.

The samples have been sent for testing and analysis and a case has been registered against the chemist under relevant sections of the IPC and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act at Sohna City police station, said police.

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