Hyderabad, July 16 -- In a major enforcement drive, the Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, on Wednesday, July 16, conducted statewide inspections targeting medical shops selling abortion kits illegally.

As a result, the Telangana DCA found violations in 149 medical shops, and all erring establishments received show cause notices.

The raids were against the illegal sale of Schedule H abortifacient medicines, Mifepristone and Misoprostol tablets, utilised for medical termination of pregnancy. They are highly regulated and supposed to be sold on prescription only by a Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP).

Multiple violations were found at these medical shops, according to Telangana DCA Director General Shahnawaz Qasim, like:...