Solan: Chargesheet filed against Assistant Drug Controller

Tribune News Service

Solan, November 11

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau today filed a chargesheet before a Special Judge, Solan, against Assistant Drug Controller Nishant Sarin and two others in a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Sarin, along with his companion Dr Komal Khanna and another person, was booked under Sections 11 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act on August 21, 2019. Despite being a state government employee, he was found running a pharmaceutical company along with his companion Dr Komal Khanna.

The bureau had seized incriminating evidence against him during raids conducted in August 2019. Officials had not only recovered from his Chandigarh residence a motorcycle, which was registered in the name of Zhenia Pharmaceuticals, but also a debit card in the name of one of the directors of the company through which purchases worth lakhs of rupees had been made.

Incriminating papers pertaining to his properties and unaccounted for cash, besides other valuables were also seized in the raids. He had allegedly drawn undue favours from pharmaceutical manufacturers in Baddi and Kala Amb for availing of air tickets and staying in five star hotels at various places such as Hyderabad, Mumbai, Vishakhaptanam, and Delhi.