Nagpur: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has booked two medical store operators in Nagpur for allegedly stocking and selling abortion pills and other prescription medicines without maintaining mandatory records, raising concerns over the illegal distribution of regulated drugs.

The case was registered at Ganeshpeth Police Station after a complaint was lodged by Prashant Rajendra Ramteke (49), a Drug Inspector with the Food and Drug Administration, Maharashtra.

The accused have been identified as Vimal Rajkumar Chandwani and Vicky Rajkumar Chandwani, both residents of Kasturba Nagar, Jaripatka.

According to the complaint, FDA officials conducted an inspection at the accused's medical store in the Ganjipeth-Haj House area under the Ganeshpeth police station limits. During the raid, officials allegedly recovered medicines used for medical termination of pregnancy (abortion) and prescription drugs meant for the treatment of anxiety, panic disorder and other psychiatric conditions.

Officials said these medicines can only be sold on the prescription of a registered medical practitioner. However, the accused allegedly stocked the drugs for unauthorised sale and failed to produce any statutory records relating to their purchase, sale, distribution or inventory during the inspection.

The medicines were seized by the FDA, and officials alleged that the absence of mandatory documentation indicated violations of legal requirements governing the sale and distribution of prescription drugs.

Based on the Drug Inspector's complaint, Ganeshpeth Police registered an case under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which pertains to cheating.

Police are investigating the source of the medicines, whether they were being sold without valid prescriptions, and if additional provisions under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act are attracted.

The allegations are based on the complaint filed by the Food and Drug Administration, and the accused are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.