As per reports, the women making the swab sticks were being paid Rs 20 for packing 1,000 swab sticks in plastic packets, the official said, adding that further probe is underway.

Earlier last month, police busted a mattress-making factory in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district, for using discarded masks, in place of cotton or other material, to stuff its products. The used face masks, found lying around the premises, were later set on fire as per the prescribed regulations.