category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh After busting the fake injection racket, Haryana s Food and Drug Administration Department (FDA) seized medicines of cancer and diabetes for Rs 7 lakh from Turkey-based accused Ali Tarmanani, state Health Minister Anil Vij said on Sunday. The medicines were imported to India illegally. Giving more information in this regard, he said that the officers of the Food and Drug Administration Department interrogated remanded the accused Ali Tarmanani and recovered the stock of drugs, records, registers, documents etc. under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. In addition, FDA officials seized passport No. N-014621770 Syrian Arab Republic from Ali Tarmanani s o Mohammad and all these medicines and materials were found in Room No. 50, 1st Floor, Tower-B of Istanbul Stock Medicine Complex, Unit No. 1124, 11th Floor, Thumb Tower, Sector-62, Noida, where the accused was presently residing. Vij informed that 06 types of medicines have been seized by the FDA officials after the disclosure of Ali Tarmanani during remand. According to the accused, the illegally imported drugs used for the treatment of cancer and diabetes were kept in green bags inside an Almirah at Tower B, Unit No. 1124, 11th Floor, Thumb Tower, Sector-62, Noida. Ali Tarmanani said that he did not have any import NOC related to these medicines and all these products were brought from Istanbul for sale through the distributors in his contact. The Health Minister informed that accused Ali Tarmanani was asked about the injection Opdiva 100 mg and 40 mg and XGEVA 120 mg, which according to the label requires storage of these medicines at 2 to 8 degrees, during the flight. When asked about how to maintain the cold chain in flight, he denied that he could sell these medicines without maintaining cold storage temperature conditions. Thus, the fact clearly shows that the products requiring cold storage were being sold in violation of the conditions of cold storage. (editor dailyworld.in)