Chandigarh, March 5 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Haryana on Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly selling spurious "imported drugs" targeting gym-goers and fitness enthusiasts, the third such case of counterfeit drug sales in Gurugram in three years.

In 2023, FDA authorities in Gurugram arrested four individuals and seized counterfeit cancer medicines imported from Turkey. A year later in 2024, FDA officials again uncovered counterfeit medicines supply racket which was related to arthritis and originally manufactured abroad.

In the first case, all four arrested individuals are currently out on bail and the case is under trial, while in the second case, three arrested accused are still in jail, according to Amandeep Chauha...