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Later, a unit of blood was mixed with saline-water in a blood-bag.“Only registered blood banks get the blood bags. LUCKNOW: A gang selling adulterated blood was busted in Faizullaganj area of Madiaon with the arrest of five persons, including the mastermind, on Friday. Raghvendra and Pankaj used to smuggle these bags from their blood bank and sold them to Ali for Rs 100 each,” SSP STF. Raghvendra and Pankaj work as technicians at a private blood bank in city.STF got a tip-off that the gang used to collect and prepare blood bags in Ali’s home in Rukmaniganj in Faizullaganj and sold it illegally in prominent government hospitals. The arrests were made by UP Special Task Force.The accused were identified as Naseem Ali Rashid , Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Pankaj Tripathi and Rajnish Nigam, all residents of Lucknow..