LUCKNOW: One more person was arrested in connection the spurious drug racket busted by the police on Wednesday. Rajendra Prasad Yadav, son of Gaya Prasad Yadav was arrested from his Kursi road residence. He was said to be involved in the printing of the wrappers for the spurious drugs.
With this the total number of arrest in the case so far has become five.
Police had caught on Monday one medical representative of an Indian drug company, who along with his four other associates, was allegedly manufacturing spurious drugs at his LDA Colony residence.
Police said that during interrogation so far, the culprits have revealed names of several chemists and wholesalers.
Mastermind nabbed: Police on Wednesday arrested the contractor who allegedly paid for the attack on the construction officer of CMS group BS Rawat. Chandra Prakash Mishra was arrested along with one Dev Narain Singh when they were on their way to visit Rawat in the hospital.
Police said that Mishra was the contractor who used to supply construction material to CMS. He blamed Rawat for obstructing a payment to be made in lieu of supply of some construction material and creating difference between him and CMS administration. Dev Narain Singh, resident of Bara Banki, arranged the meeting of Mishra with local goons Shairf, Ram Snehi Verma, Rajaram and Jabbar, who on Monday, executed the murderous assault on Rawat, police said.
On Wednesday, when Mishra and Singh were on their way to visit Rawat, they were arrested from Vibhuti Khand, Gomtinagar.