Drug seizure: Himachal unit ‘owned’ by politico

PK Jaiswar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 29

A day after the Amritsar (rural) police seized over 30 lakh tablets of tramadol and alprazolam from a firm, Unique Formulations, in Paonta Sahib of HP, it is learnt that the building from where these were seized belonged to a ruling party leader in the state.

Munish Mohan, proprietor of the company, told the police that he was a partner in the firm. The leader suspected to be involved in the case belongs to a prominent political family who had switched to the BJP during the 2017 Assembly polls.

“A thorough probe is underway to ascertain the role of each and every person,” said Amritsar rural SSP Dhruv Dahiya. Besides Munish, the police have booked three others, including a Chandigarh-based broker, and raids are on to nab them.

Meanwhile, the police today raided Mansi Medicos in Delhi as several receipts, including e-way bills, showed drug sales were credited to it. However, the police learnt that its proprietor Prem Kumar Jha was in the Kurukshetra Police custody in a similar case. He would be brought on production warrant.