India, July 21 -- A joint team of the police and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seized 612 bottles of banned Oxytocin injections from a dairy in Ulhasnagar during a raid, with police suspecting the involvement of an interstate racket supplying the restricted drug for illegal use in dairy animals.

The raid was conducted on Thursday at the tabela of Prakash Wadhwani, 64, who owns 55 buffaloes and sells more than 250 litres of milk daily through his dairy outlet in Ulhasnagar. According to officials, the seized 100-ml bottles carried no brand name or manufacturer details.

FDA inspector Manish Ghotmare said the seizure was significant because Oxytocin is prohibited for routine use in dairy animals. "The administration of Oxytocin to...