Lucknow. On Thursday, a joint team of STF and Drug Department raided the Midlife Charitable Blood Bank located in Tehseenganj in Thakurganj and Narayani Blood Bank in Krishnanagar. During the raid, 302 units of substandard human blood smuggled from Rajasthan have been recovered. Along with this, seven people including the operator of both the blood banks and the main smuggler have been arrested. Apart from Lucknow, this substandard blood was also being supplied to hospitals and blood banks of Hardoi, Unnao, Bahraich, Kanpur and Fatehpur districts. According to sources, the gang’s network is spread across seven states.
STF Deputy SP Pramesh Kumar Shukla said that the main smuggler Naushad Ahmed is also included in the arrested accused. He is a resident of Ramkola Paktri Tola of Kushinagar. Apart from this, Asad of Chowk Cannon Darwaza Chaupatia Dargah, Director of Midlife Blood Bank, Mohd. Ammar, owner of Narayani Blood Bank is Ajit Dubey resident of Idrlok Colony, Rohit of Fatehpur Chaurasi Hameed Patti, Unnao, Karan Mishra of Faizullaganj Rukmanipuram, Sandeep Kumar, a resident of Gudamba Kalyanpur Rajivnagar.