Archive · 19 Jul 2026
Fake Medicine Unit Busted in Uttarakhand
The police in Uttarakhand found a place where a man named Dhirendra was making fake medicines.
He was not allowed to make these medicines, but he was doing it anyway.
The police found a lot of fake medicines, machines, and even some illegal alcohol.
Dhirendra was pretending to make Ayurvedic medicines and food, but he was actually making fake allopathic medicines and selling them under the names of famous companies.
The police also found more fake medicines and alcohol in a warehouse nearby.
The Uttarakhand police's Special Task Force (STF) and Drug Administration Department raided a factory in Bazpur, Udham Singh Nagar district.
A large quantity of spurious medicines, packaging machines, illicit Indian-Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), and excise department holograms were seized.
The accused, Dhirendra, was manufacturing and supplying spurious medicines under the names of reputed companies like Steadmed, Macleods, Intas, and Sun Pharma.
Dhirendra was operating under the guise of Ayurvedic and food licenses.
Additional spurious medicines and illicit liquor were recovered from a warehouse located on National Highway-74.
- Who
- Dhirendra, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr
- What
- Manufacturing and supplying spurious allopathic medicines without a valid license
- When
- The raid was conducted on Sunday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Bazpur, Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand
- Why
- To manufacture and supply spurious medicines under the guise of Ayurvedic and food licenses
- Location
- Bazpur, Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand
- Operation Conducted By
- Uttarakhand police's Special Task Force (STF) and Drug Administration Department
- Accused Name
- Dhirendra, resident of Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr
- Items Seized
- Spurious medicines, packaging machines, illicit Indian-Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), and excise department holograms
- Companies Impersonated
- Steadmed, Macleods, Intas, and Sun Pharma