Bengaluru, Sept. 15 -- Setting the record straight amid reports of counterfeit pharmaceutical distribution, Karnataka Health & Family Welfare Minister UT Khader on Monday asserted that the state government itself proactively exposed and dismantled the spurious drug network, describing it as one of the largest enforcement crackdowns against counterfeit medicines in the country.

Reacting to news reports regarding the supply of counterfeit cancer drugs and essential critical-care injections to nearly 90 hospitals and clinics across Bengaluru, Khader outlined the chronological sequence of enforcement actions and inter-state investigations initiated by the state machinery.

The minister revealed that the breakthrough occurred on August 18, wh...