Two men forge prescription to buy sedatives, arrested in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: The city police arrested two men on Sunday on the charge of forging prescription of a psychiatrist to buy sedatives from a medical shop on Oppanakkara Street.
Police identified them as A Mohammed Razul, 22, of NH Road and his friend R Sakthivel, 23, of Nethaji Nagar at Ramanathapuram. “Mohammed tried to buy Nitrosum tablets from Ganesh Medicals on Sunday morning using a prescription from a private hospital at Peelamedu. Vijay Alangaram, who was at the counter, suspected foul play and contacted the hospital. After learning that the prescription was forged, he confronted Mohammed, who threatened him. With the help of his colleagues, Vijay handed over Mohammed to the Big Bazaar police,” a police officer said.
Police registered an FIR and handed over the case to Big Bazaar Street police investigation wing inspector A Velankanni Udhayarekha.
“Mohammed and Sakthivel are addicted to drugs. We found track marks on their hands. Sakthivel had stolen prescription sheets from the Peelamedu hospital a few months ago. After experiencing withdrawal insomnia, the duo decided to forge prescription and buy sedatives,” Udhayarekha told TOI.
The men were booked under sections 465 (punishment for forgery), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) and 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
They were remanded in judicial custody and were lodged in the Pollachi sub-jail.