India, Feb. 25 -- Social activist Vijay Kumbhar on Tuesday slammed the administration of the government-run pharmaceutical company Haffkine Bio Pharma Corporation Limited for giving additional charge as general manager (production) to deputy manager Navnath Garje, who had earlier faced allegations of corruption.

Taking to social media platform X, Kumbhar posted some official letters mentioning Garje had been found guilty of corruption, and wondered why Haffkine Bio Pharma chairman and managing director Sunil Mahindrakar had given the "plum position" to a "junior official".

Speaking to HT, Garje denied the allegations.

"I had terminated a security officer, Chandrakant Hinge, in 2014 and the allegations have been levelled by him. He has ...