US Seeks to Drop Fentanyl Charge Against Indian Pharma Executive

US prosecutors have asked a judge to drop charges related to alleged fentanyl trafficking against an Indian pharmaceutical executive, citing insufficient evidence to move forward with the case.

Prosecutors on Thursday asked a Washington-based judge to dismiss the charges against Venkata Naga Madhusudhan Raju Manthena, marketing director at Vasudha Pharma Chem Ltd. Manthena was indicted in March along with the company and two other Vasudha executives on charges of conspiring to distribute chemicals used for the illegal manufacture of the deadly opioid.

In a court filing seeking the dismissal, prosecutors said they “learned additional information that has changed the Government’s ...