A factory manufacturing fake hand sanitisers was busted by district administration officials here on Tuesday, officials said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Lucknow administration and drug administration department conducted a raid at Mahalakshmi Chemicals in Nishatganj locality and recovered 10,000 bottles, 100 ml each, of fake sanitisers, said a senior official.
All the stock has been seized and an FIR under relevant sections of Drugs and Cosmetics Act lodged against Neeraj Kumar Khare, the owner of the firm, the official said.
The Centre on Friday had declared masks, including N95, and hand sanitisers as 'essential commodities' in the wake of the coronavirus scare leading to shortages and black marketing of these items.
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