Delhi Police busts ointment racket, arrests mastermind

Pramod Kumar Gupta (67) was arrested from the Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station on December 16. Two other accused – Shree Ram and Gaurav Bhagat – were arrested earlier, DCP (Crime) Aditya Gautam said.

Gupta allegedly ran an illegal manufacturing unit, which produced spurious Betnovate-C ointment and fake cosmetic products, including Fair and Lovely and Veet creams, police said.

A case was registered under the relevant provisions of the BNS and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, the officer said.