India, July 18 -- Food And Drug Administration (FDA) minister Narhari Zirwal, while admitting that some local companies from states such as Uttarakhand had been found to be involved in the counterfeit medicine racket in Maharashtra, announced a joint committee of deputy commissioner of police (DCP)-level officers and FDA officials to probe the racket.

Ambadas Danve, Shiv Sena (UBT) politician and leader of the opposition in the legislative council, on Thursday raised the issue of 'bogus' medicine being supplied by non-branded companies from other states. Danve pointed to the media reports on spurious medicines being found at several stores and also handed over some medicines for testing to the chairperson of the legislative council.

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