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Rangpur Pharma factory penalised for operating sans licence

Medicine 2022-01-26, 1:45pm

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Executive Magistrate Maliha Khanom conducting a mobile court in Rangpur on Tuesday.



Rangpur, Jan 26 - A mobile court fielded by the Detective Branch (DB) of Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) penalysed a pharmaceutical factory Taka 10,000 for manufacturing medicines without licence and violating health protocols on Tuesday evening.

On a tip off, the mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Maliha Khanom with Inspector Mostafizur Rahman and other officials of DB police and Drug Administration conducted a raid at 'Confident Agro Vet' pharmaceutical factory in Satgara Mistripara area of the metropolis.

The mobile court checked documents of the medicine producing factory and found no drug license and no masks and gloves and aprons of workers and raw materials were preserved not following the related rules.

"Huge nutrient foods and medicines like Rumicon, Com V Cal, Con Zinc, Freti Cal, Hepacon, Ferti Care, Utro Con and Con Zyme and other materials worth about Taka 10 lakh were also seized from the factory during the raid.

The mobile court fined the owner of 'Confident Agro Vet' pharmaceutical factory Taka 10,000 under sections 18 (ka) and 18 (ga) of the Drugs Act, 1940 for the offenses.

The court also ordered owners of the factory to stop production of medicines until rectification of the irregularities and mistakes.

Assistant Director at Rangpur Office of the Drug Administration Tauhidul Islam, Sub-inspectors Babul Islam, Golam Morshed, Taslim Uddin Ahmed, Chhaiyum Talukder, Sabin Chandra Mahato and IH Laku Sarker of the DB Police were present. – News Desk