STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Former Minister, Ab Gani Vakil has demanded a high level judicial probe into the allegations of present MLA and Ex-Minister on sale of sub-standard juice manufactured and marketed by state owned Horticulture Produce and Marketing Corporation (HPMC) keeping in view the reports of about 3,000 infant deaths reported at G B Panth Hospital Srinagar few years back.
Asking the government to constitute a high level judicial panel for time bound probe of the charges of Present MLA and Ex Minister on sale of sub-standard juice manufactured and marketed by State owned HPMC, Vakil said this poisonous juice easily available in the market is purchased by the local people in Kashmir and is mostly consumed by the children and even women.
Saying that this poisonous juice could be consumed by the women feeding
their children and as well as children, Vakil said the sale of this poisonous juice could be a reason for infant deaths reported few years back.
Alleging that probes connected to the issues of life saving drugs and adultered food products have not conducted with transparency and fairness in time bound manner, Vakil asked the government to constitute a high level judicial probe panel to investigate the charges of the MLA on sale of sub-standard juice manufactured and marketed by
state owned HPMC and reopen the cases of investigation of the infant deaths and purchase of substandard drugs by state owned Medical Supplies Corporation closed mysteriously by the previous NC-Congress Coalition Government.
Expressing dismay over the way the report of a multi member committee that indicted Dr Javed Chowdhry the former Medical Superintendent G B Pant Hospital Srinagar was shelved by a one member committee headed by the then Administrative Secretary Health and Medical Education department constituted later, Vakil said the case of infants deaths and purchase of substandard drugs by state owned Medical Supplies Corporation also need to be reopened and re-investigated by a judicial panel in time bound manner.