Woman with IM link held for selling fake herbal products

Nikita, who served over six years in prison and released in 2008, will also be interrogated by intelligence agencies in view of the Pune terror attack. She was arrested on Thursday from Jor Bagh market in south Delhi for selling the products through internet.

The arrested have been identified as Richard Eugenes (36), Tommy Ojeaga (38), Aaron (34), all hailing from Nigeria, and Lucien (35) from Ivory Coast, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) H G S Dhaliwal said.

Three fake Silphium Terebinthinateum (ST) herbal seeds, few fake business cards of various leading drug companies, three laptops, several international SIM cards and four passports have been recovered from the group.

The drug which they sold as ST was found to be a soup material namely 'Okbono' used by Africans for mixing up in vegetables to make it greasy and is also available in Delhi for Rs 100 per packet.

The arrests came following a complaint by an Ahmedabad- based businessman Hemchandra Barot yesterday that he was cheated by some people of Rs 4.5 lakh after being lured into the business of selling herbal products.