Four held for hoarding hand sanitisers worth lakhs in Maharashtra

Four persons were arrested for allegedly hoarding hand sanitisers worth over Rs 6 lakh in
Maharashtra’s Jalna city, police said on Saturday (March 21).

Acting on a tip-off, officials of Jalna police crime branch and the Food and Drug Administration raided a shop on Old Mondha road, an official said.

The shop owners couldn’t produce bills for sanitisers that were kept in the shop’s storage unit, inspector Rajendrasingh Gaur said.

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The police arrested four persons and registered a case against them under section 420 (cheating) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, he said.

In wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the police and FDA have launched a severe crackdown against people hoarding and manufacturing uncertified hand sanitisers.