Gautam Gambhir Foundation has been found guilty of illegally hoarding and distributing Fabiflu drug to COVID-19 patients, Delhi's drug controller body said in the Delhi high court. Advocate Nandita Rao, appearing for the drug controller, told the court that the foundation has committed an offense under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act as they found stocking the drug in an unauthorized manner during the pandemic. On the other hand, MLA Praveen Kumar has found guilty of similar offences under the same Act.
The high court then asked Nandita Rao whether the status report was only in relation to Gautam Gambhir, or does it relate to MLA Praveen Kumar also?" In response, she said, "Status report deals with MLA Praveen Kumar also and we have found him guilty too."
After that, the drug controller said, now without delay, action will be taken against such people who violate Drugs and Cosmetics Act. The court directed the drug controller to file a status report on the progress of these cases within six weeks. And it fixed July 29 for its next hearing.
Earlier on May 31, the Delhi High Court had reprimanded the drug regulator for not properly investigating. How BJP MP Gautam Gambhir got huge quantities of Fabiflu, a drug used in the treatment of COVID-19. The court had said that the tendency of people to appear as saviours have to be denounced. The High Court was hearing a PIL seeking registration of an FIR on allegations that politicians are able to procure and distribute a large number of COVID-19 medicines, even other people who needed it could not get it on that day.