Panchkula, March 8 -- The District Chemists' Association, Panchkula, observed a complete bandh on Friday to protest against seizure of large quantities of allopathic medicines by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

In a letter addressed to Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, through the Panchkula deputy commissioner, the association alleged that chemists were being harassed under Section 67 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, and summoned to the NCB office in Mohali.

The association, led by president Mohinder Kakkar, asserted that all seized medicines were held by licensed dealers operating under the Drugs & Cosmetics Act (D&C Act), 1945, and regulated by the Food and Drug Administration of Haryana. The letter s...