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They claimed that they were unaware that they were brought to Jaipur as a subject for clinical drug trial. But, they denied that they had violated law related to drug trials.“We are authorised centre of clinical drug trials by Centre. Jaipur: Seventeen labourers from Churu on Saturday given a complaint to Bidasar police station alleging that they were administered drugs meant for clinical trial at a private hospital in Jaipur. After a lot of discussion, they reached Bidasar police station.However, the private hospital admitted that they had admitted the villagers for clinical drug trials. The present trial in pipeline is for osteoarthritis of joints and is being conducted by orthopaedic surgeon Dr Rajiv Gupta, chief investigator,” said Dr NK Malpani, proprietor, Malpani Multispecialty Hospital.“Some volunteer patients were invited to join this clinical drug trial..