PoliticsPhoto: Deccan HeraldED Investigates Foreign Links in Fake Drugs Racket in Bengaluru
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing foreign financial links in Turkey, UAE, and Azerbaijan related to a fake drugs racket in Bengaluru. The investigation targets R Prashanth, alias Prashanth Rajan Babu, suspected of laundering crime proceeds and procuring authentic pharmaceutical labels from Turkey for counterfeit medicines. The Karnataka SIT is conducting a parallel probe after the racket was busted on August 18 in Tavarekere. ED froze Rs 9 lakh belonging to Veeresh Kumar Jain, proprietor of Krupa Healthcare.
Deccan Herald··Bengaluru



