Director of Private Hospital Among 3 Arrested in Patna for Black Marketing of Remdesivir
The Economic Offence Unit (EoU) of Bihar Police has arrested three people, including the director of a private hospital and medical representative (MR) from Gandhi Maidan police station area of the state capital, for the alleged black marketing of Remdesivir injection, EoU officials said on Friday. The antiviral drug is currently in high demand for the treatment of Covid-19.
The accused were arrested and identified as the director of Rainbow Hospital, Ashfaq Ahmad, his relative Altaf Ahmad and MR Raju Kumar Choudhary who is said to be engaged with Jubilant pharma. An EoU official said Ashfaq is a resident of East Champaran and currently residing at Saket Tower in SP Verma Road, Patna, while his relative is a native of Darbhanga. Choudhary belongs to Vaishali. They were arrested while trying to sell the medicine illegally at exorbitant rates in a bid to make quick money.
Acting on a tip-off, an EoU team led by DSP Bhaskar Ranjan approached Altaf and placed an order for two injections for ₹1 lakh. As soon as Altaf reached the spot with two vials of Remdesivir injections, the team caught him red-handed.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
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