FDA bust racket selling fake ‘Alburel’ medicine

Agency’s probe traces supply chain across Maharashtra; FIR filed

- Indu Bhagat

A counterfeit drug racket involving the spurious sale of a medicine branded as “Alburel’ has come to light following an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Pune Division.

An FIR has been registered at Vishrambaug Police Station against multiple pharmaceutical traders and distributors across Maharashtra. The complaint was filed by Drug Inspector Shrutika Kamlaring Jadhav, serving under the Joint Commissioner, FDA Pune Division, since January 2024, under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.