A charge sheet has been filed by the CBI for the Rs 9 lakh Biocon Biologics bribery case and cites several individuals, including Joint Drug Controller S Eswara Reddy.
In a case involving a bribe of Rs. 9 lakh, the CBI has filed a charge sheet against five people, including a Joint Drug Controller of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and a Biocon Biologics executive.
In its charge sheet submitted on August 18, the agency said that the bribe payment was sent to Joint Drug Controller S Eswara Reddy only after receiving approval from Biocon Biologics associate vice president L Praveen Kumar, they added.
Additionally cited in the charge sheet by the agency are Dinesh Dua, director at Synergy Network India Private Limited, who is accused of giving the bribe to Reddy, Guljit Sethi, a purported conduit for Biocon Biologics, and assistant drug inspector Animesh Kumar.
According to them, the bribe was given in exchange for favourably approving Insulin Aspa...