Fake sanitizer preparation racket busted in Hyderabad, 3 held

Three people were arrested on Tuesday for preparing fake sanitizer here at Balijaguda under Abdullapurmet police station limits.

On specific information, sub-inspector Saidi Reddy raided a building in Balijaguda and seized the ingredients kept in the room for preparing hand sanitizer. The police also seized 2,500 fake sanitizers that are kept for delivering to shops.

Chandan Panjvani, Anil Kumar and B Shankar were taken into custody by the police and another identified as Nirmal Kumar is at large. In a similar case, the police also busted another racket in Cherlapally for allegedly running fake sanitizer preparing unit.

The demand for sanitizers is going high with the scare of coronavirus. Face masks and sanitizers that are being used to control the spread of coronavirus are running out of the shops.