Police grill pharma director over Remdesivir stock; BJP fumes
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MUMBAI, April 18, 2021 (BSS/PTI) – Mumbai police questioned a pharma company director following information that thousands of vials of the Remdesivir drug critical in coronavirus treatment were to be flown out of the country, an official said on Sunday.
Police said they had information that the Remdesivir stock was going to be flown abroad by air cargo, despite a ban on the export of the drug. While Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis claimed the director was picked up because the BJP managed to get the permissions in place for the supply of the drug to Maharashtra, activist Saket Gokhale wondered how did a “private individual like Fadnavis” procure Remdesivir stock from Gujarat when the sale is allowed only to the government.