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Fake medicine factory detected in Jhenidah, five arrested

Police yesterday seized spurious medicine worth around Tk 10 lakh and medicine making materials from an illegal medicine factory at Chaklapara in the town. They arrested five workers of the factory -- Mizanur Rahman, Nazma Khatun, Shahanara Khatun Shukhi Khatun and Parul Begum. Tipped off, police raided a house at Chalkapara and recovered thousand bottles of spurious vitamin B-complex, Baalarist, Mostakarist, Gatronal, Diroble and fake medicine making materials, Jhenidah Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sayed Iqbal Ali said.