Colombo (LNW): Janaka Chandragupta, the former Secretary of the Ministry of Health, has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
The arrest is related to allegations of involvement in the importation of substandard immunoglobulin.
Chandragupta visited the CID this (18) morning to provide a statement regarding the accusations, and he was placed under arrest following the statement.
Previously, Dr. Kapila Wickramanayake, the Director of the Medical Supply Division of the Ministry of Health, was also arrested by the CID and is currently in remand custody in connection with the importation of substandard immunoglobulin.
Dr. Chamal Sanjeeva, the President of the Association of Professionals in Health and Civil Rights, has made claims that Chandragupta provided instructions to a company involved in the fraudulent production of immunoglobulin to similarly fake the production of three other drugs.
