The ACB arrested two Drugs Control Administration officials and a private employee in Karimnagar for allegedly taking a ₹20,000 bribe from a medical shop owner. The officials had sent the private employee to collect the money, who was caught in a trap.
The TSDCA conducted a raid at the premises of Md Gulam Rasool in Chowdarpally village, Gandeed mandal, Mahabubnagar district, where 49 varieties of medicines were illegally stocked, and he was found practicing medicine without proper qualifications. Similarly, the DCA officials raided the premises of another unqualified practitioner, Mohammed Khaja Moinuddin, in Sugur village, Pebbair mandal, Wanaparthy district, seizing 38 varieties of medicines that were unlawfully stored for sale.