<p>A chemist in Haryana's Sirsa town is on the run after drug control authorities in the state found that he had allegedly sold over two crore (20 million) tablets of Alprazolam, a schedule H drug that cannot be sold without prescription, within less than six months.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Officials of Haryana's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Wednesday said the chemist, Amit Kumar, who owns a chemist shop, Anshu Medicose in Sirsa town, 300 km from here, ran away from the spot when a team of drug officials raided his premises Monday.<br />The police have registered a case against Amit Kumar after investigations by drug officials revealed that he had allegedly sold over two crore tablets of the drug between April and September.<br /><br />"Alprazolam, being a schedule H drug, cannot be sold without the prescription of a medical practitioner. The sale of two crore tablets within a very short period reflected that he was selling it in an unauthorized manner," a spokesman of the FDA said here Wednesday.<br />He alleged that Amit Kumar was known in Sirsa as the 'kingpin of intoxicants'.<br /><br />"Earlier, whenever the FDA team used to raid the premises of M/s Anshu Medicose, they couldn't find anything objectionable. But this time, a team enquired from the pharmaceutical manufacturer, Gaurav Pharmaceuticals, about the billing of alprazolam tablets to Anshu Medicose. Gaurav Pharmaceuticals gave the details of billing that from April 1 to Sep 7, 2012, a total of two crore tablets of alprazolam had been invoiced," the spokesman said.<br /><br />The drug officials got a case registered against the chemist under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Drug and Cosmetics Act.<br /><br />Alprazolam drug is used in anxiety and panic disorders under prescription from doctors. However, it is misused by drug addicts and alcoholics for drug abuse.<br /></p>
<p>A chemist in Haryana's Sirsa town is on the run after drug control authorities in the state found that he had allegedly sold over two crore (20 million) tablets of Alprazolam, a schedule H drug that cannot be sold without prescription, within less than six months.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Officials of Haryana's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Wednesday said the chemist, Amit Kumar, who owns a chemist shop, Anshu Medicose in Sirsa town, 300 km from here, ran away from the spot when a team of drug officials raided his premises Monday.<br />The police have registered a case against Amit Kumar after investigations by drug officials revealed that he had allegedly sold over two crore tablets of the drug between April and September.<br /><br />"Alprazolam, being a schedule H drug, cannot be sold without the prescription of a medical practitioner. The sale of two crore tablets within a very short period reflected that he was selling it in an unauthorized manner," a spokesman of the FDA said here Wednesday.<br />He alleged that Amit Kumar was known in Sirsa as the 'kingpin of intoxicants'.<br /><br />"Earlier, whenever the FDA team used to raid the premises of M/s Anshu Medicose, they couldn't find anything objectionable. But this time, a team enquired from the pharmaceutical manufacturer, Gaurav Pharmaceuticals, about the billing of alprazolam tablets to Anshu Medicose. Gaurav Pharmaceuticals gave the details of billing that from April 1 to Sep 7, 2012, a total of two crore tablets of alprazolam had been invoiced," the spokesman said.<br /><br />The drug officials got a case registered against the chemist under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Drug and Cosmetics Act.<br /><br />Alprazolam drug is used in anxiety and panic disorders under prescription from doctors. However, it is misused by drug addicts and alcoholics for drug abuse.<br /></p>