INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Seven suspects including the former Secretary to the Ministry of Health, Janaka Chandragupta, have been further remanded until 01 February,
Court, when the case was taken up in court this morning (24 Jan.).Chandragupta was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
on 18 December 2022, when he arrived at the premises to record a statement regarding the substandard human immunoglobulin scandal, which had
taken place during his tenure as Health Secretary.On 14 December 2022, Maligakanda Magistrate Lochani Abeywickrama had deemed as suspicious
intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG).Thus, the magistrate also ordered that all responsible parties be arrested and produced before the court
irrespective of their positions, for the administration of justice over the providing of substandard medicine to the public.Several
high-profile arrests were made in connection with the case, including that of the former Secretary of the Ministry of Health, the Director
company which is said to have imported the batch of substandard Immunoglobulin vials by forging documents.
