Overview

• The DCA arrested R. Venu Gopal, managing partner of Venu Medical Agencies in Karimnagar, on July 11 for distributing counterfeit Levipil 500 tablets falsely labeled as Sun Pharma products.
• The I Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Karimnagar ordered his remand to District Prison until July 23.
• This marks the DCA’s second high-profile arrest in a week following the detention of Manish Kumar in Hyderabad earlier this month.
• Director-General Shahnawaz Qasim has instructed officers to enforce a zero-tolerance policy and initiate stringent legal proceedings against all counterfeit drug offenders.
• Investigations are ongoing into wider spurious anti-epileptic networks across Telangana to protect patients and uphold drug quality standards.