Panchkula, Aug. 3 -- A local court has dismissed the anticipatory bail pleas of three Panchkula pharmacists who were caught selling psychotropic tablets to an unauthorised purchaser in February this year.

The accused are Ashish Gupta, 33, the proprietor of M/s Hare Krishna Pharma, Jatinder Verma, 51, of M/s Verma Medico Distributors and Amit Chopra, 45, of M/s UR Enterprises

The case dates back to February 28 when a team, acting on CBI intelligence, inspected Pinjore-based M/s Deep Medicos, and found psychotropic tablets being sold without permit. The matter was handed over to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Chandigarh, which seized 948 tablets/capsules and registered a case against proprietor Randeep Singh based on his voluntary, self-...