Drugs inspector jugal baruah arrested by anti corruption beuro .
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The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths of Jorhat district in Assam arrested the senior drug inspector of the district on July 13 from his office while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.20,000 from a private medical store pharmacist.
The complainant, Dipok Kakoty, a member of the Jorhat district committee of the Assam Registered Pharmacist Association (ARPA) had earlier lodged a complaint with the district vigilance office against the drug inspector, Jugal Baruah, who is now under vigilance custody.
It is alleged that the drug inspector had asked for a sum of Rs.20,000 from the pharmacist in return of his service to his medical store. The pharmacist discussed the issue with his association which directed him to lodge a complaint with the vigilance cell. Kakoty is also an office-bearer of the Jorhat district committee of the ARPA.
A senior member of ARPA from Jorhat district told Pharmabiz that the arrested drug inspector has been pestering the pharmacists by asking bribes and several cases were filed against him previously with the drugs control department.
Sofiur Rehmankhan, president of ARPA said the major reason for mushrooming growth of illegal pharmacies and fake pharmacists in Assam is due to this kind of malpractices committed by enforcement officials like Jugal Baruah. The association has praised the district vigilance cell of Jorhat and the district committee of the ARPA for the initiatives taken for bringing the corrupt enforcement officer before the law.
