A 48-year-old man, who runs a pharmacy in Kolar Gold Field (KGF) in Karnataka, was arrested by forest officials for dumping medical wastes in Bathalapalli reserve forest (RF) that comes under Pernambut forest range near Vellore.
Forest officials said that D. Rajendra Prasad has been running a pharmacy for many years in KGF. He travels to Vellore town via Pernambut and Gudiyatham to buy syringes, medicines, medical equipment and surgical items regularly. He came to Vellore to buy medical stocks a few days ago but on his way, he dumped around 50 kg of medical wastes including used syringes, expired medicines like tablets, capsules and syrups in the Bathalapalli RF, which is around 50 km from KGF.
