Pharmacy owner sent to SIT custody in spurious drug racket case

Four days after his arrest and the seizure of a cache of suspected spurious drugs and incriminating documents, a city-based pharmacy owner was on Wednesday remanded in custody of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the drug racket.

Veeresh Kumar Jain was produced before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court on Wednesday. The SIT sought his custody to ascertain his alleged role in the racket and to gather details about its operations and logistics. The court subsequently granted the SIT custody of Jain.

Jain, a native of Rajasthan and proprietor of Krupa Healthcare near Minerva Circle in Bengaluru, was arrested by the SIT during multi-State raids conducted on Saturday. He is suspected to be a close associate of R. Prashanth, prime accused, who is currently absconding.