Two held for producing fake sanitiser in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: South zone task force along with the local police on Thursday arrested two persons, who were allegedly manufacturing duplicate hand sanitisers and supplying them to the medical shops at Roop Lal Bazar, Shalibanda. Police seized 580 bottles, worth Rs 90,000 from their possession. The accused were Omer Farooq from Sastri Puram and Mohammed Abdul Quddus from Roop Lal Bazar.
With sanitisers becoming the most sought after product due to the coronavirus outbreak, the accused manufactured them by mixing petroleum gel with rose water and labelled it as Germ X Hand sanitiser. They did not have license or follow the standards. TNN