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Karnataka Police Arrest Counterfeit Drug Kingpin at Airport

By Drooid · Sep 28, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC · How we work

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Karnataka police arrested alleged counterfeit-drug kingpin Prashanth Rajan Babu at Kempegowda International Airport.
He fled after an August 18 raid that seized counterfeit medicines worth roughly Rs 5 crore.
Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration cancelled 16 pharmaceutical licences and suspended eight after the probe.
Investigators say the network relabelled low-cost drugs as premium brands and sold them to over 90 Bengaluru hospitals.

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Karnataka police arrested alleged counterfeit-drug kingpin Prashanth Rajan Babu at Kempegowda International Airport.
He fled after an August 18 raid that seized counterfeit medicines worth roughly Rs 5 crore.
Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration cancelled 16 pharmaceutical licences and suspended eight after the probe.
Investigators say the network relabelled low-cost drugs as premium brands and sold them to over 90 Bengaluru hospitals.