Police recovered 2.45 lakh in cash
Surat: Crime branch sleuths busted a racket of black marketing of remdesivir injection in Punagam area and recovered 12 vials of the life-saving drug on Saturday. Police also arrested six accused and recovered Rs 2.45 lakh in cash earned through sale of injections in the past few days.
One of the accused is a partner in a hospital in Yogi Chowk and owner of a medical store in the hospital. He used to sell the injections procured for patients admitted in the hospital. “The accused were selling each injection in Rs 12,000 to the buyer. Police laid a decoy trap and nabbed the accused,” said city police commissioner Ajay Tomar.