Bareilly medical equipment supplier booked for overpricing

BAREILLY: An FIR has been registered against a prominent medical equipment supplier and retailer here after alleged irregularities were detected in pricing of items. His godown has also been sealed.
A raid was conducted on Wednesday on the shop and godown of the medical equipment supplier in DD Puram area here by a team led by SDM Vishu Raja. It found that the retailer had repackaged items like PPE kits, masks, sanitizers, etc and tampered with the prices.
After a thorough investigation, an FIR was registered on the complaint of drug inspector Urmila Verma on the orders of the SDM at Premnagar police station here on Thursday evening.
The raids have been stepped up ever since union minister and Bareilly’s BJP MP Santosh Gangwar had written a letter to chief minister Yogi Adityanath over irregularities in Covid management in Bareilly.
Avnish Kumar, SHO of Premanagar police station, said, “Required evidence have been submitted along with the complaint by the drug inspector. We will take necessary action as per law.”
He added that an FIR has been registered against the director of the surgical firm under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 269 (negligent act likely to spread the infection of any disease), 270 (malignant act likely to spread the infection of any disease) and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant) besides provisions of the Epidemic Act, Disaster Management Act and Essential Commodities Act, 1955.”