video | 10 arrested for selling ‘fake’ blood platelets in UP after death of ‘Mosambi Juice’

Police in UP’s Prayagraj have arrested 10 people for selling blood plasma in the form of platelets to the families of dengue patients. The arrest comes in the backdrop of a separate case in the city in which a hospital was allegedly giving sweet lime (masambi) juice in the form of platelets to a dengue patient, who later died. Police have said that it has not been proved whether the packet contained juice; A report is awaited. Plasma and Mosambi juice may look similar due to texture and color.