Mansa: The crackdown on medical stores has intensified across Punjab following the killing of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Mansa on Oct 13.In Moga, the health department’s drug control wing on Saturday sealed a medical store that had reportedly remained closed since Jhota’s killing. Officials said they suspected the owner of medical store kept the outlet shut fearing inspections could expose the alleged illegal sale of drugs. Repeated phone calls to the owner went unanswered, health department officials said.The store was sealed after officials found violations of prescribed rules. It is the third medical store in the district to be sealed since the Mansa incident.Officials have not yet disclosed the exact nature of the violations or whether any case has been registered against the owner.Earlier, two medical stores in the district were sealed for allegedly selling prohibited capsules. During inspections, officials recovered 150 tablets of Pregabalin 150 mg (Pegcob 150 SR) from one of the stores, which were allegedly stocked in violation of the district magistrate’s orders.
