New Delhi, Jun 20 (PTI) The CBI on Monday apprehended Joint Drugs Controller S. Eswara Reddy for allegedly receiving a Rs 4-lakh bribe to clear 'Insulin Aspart', an underdevelopment product of Biocon Biologics, officials said.
With regard to inputs received about exchange of bribes, the CBI apprehended Joint Drugs Controller S. Eswara Reddy for allegedly receiving a Rs 4-lakh bribe to clear an underdevelopment product of Biocon Biologics.
New Delhi, Jun 20 (PTI) The CBI on Monday apprehended Joint Drugs Controller S. Eswara Reddy for allegedly receiving a Rs 4-lakh bribe to clear 'Insulin Aspart', an underdevelopment product of Biocon Biologics, officials said.
After getting inputs about an exchange of bribe, a CBI team carried out a trap operation in which a middleman, who was giving bribe on behalf of Biocon Biologicals, a subsidiary of Kiran Majumder Shaw-led Biocon, was apprehended along with Reddy, they said.
It is alleged that Reddy had demanded a bribe of Rs 9 lakh to send a favourable report about a diabetes injection, they said.
Biocon spokesperson did not immediately reply to messages and phone calls made for comments.