Plasma racket busted, 2 Maharashtra blood banks under scanner: Gujarat Police | Ahmedabad News

The Ahmedabad rural police have busted a racket involving a former pharmaceutical executive, Dinesh Chaudhary, who allegedly replaced genuine blood plasma with spurious versions and sold them to blood banks in Maharashtra for half the market rate. Chaudhary, along with his associates Mohan Gaikwad and others, were arrested after investigations revealed that 562 units of plasma sourced from five blood banks in Maharashtra were found to be spurious. The Gujarat State Blood Transfusion Council has been alerted and is monitoring at least 700 blood banks in Gujarat. The case is being investigated by the state and central health teams, with the accused facing charges under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.