A medical shop owner and two others were arrested on Thursday by the Madhya Pradesh police's Special Task Force (STF) for allegedly black marketing Remdesivir injections used in the treatment of COVID-19 patients, an official said.
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Black marketing of COVID-19 medicine Remdesivir busted in Kanpur, 3 arrested
Acting on a tip-off, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) and local police in a joint operation busted a gang involved in black marketing of Remdesivir COVIFOR, used in the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The STF and police also arrested three men during the operation.
According to details available, the STF and the local police had received inputs from Lucknow-based Military Intelligence (MI) unit about suspicious movement of black marketeers. According, cops laid a trap and nabbed the three accused red handed in Kidwai Nagar area of the city. The arrested men have been identified as Sachin Kumar, Mohan Soni and Prashant Shukla. Police said that they are being interrogated to trace their further links.
Three held in Indore for selling Remdesivir in black market
The arrested persons were identified as Rajesh Patidar, Gyaneshwar Baraskar and Anurag Singh Sisodia, STF Indore unit s Superintendent of Police (SP) Manish Khatri said.
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INDORE: A medical shop owner and two others were arrested on Thursday by the Madhya Pradesh police s Special Task Force (STF) for allegedly black marketing Remdesivir injections used in the treatment of COVID-19 patients, an official said.
The arrested persons were identified as Rajesh Patidar, Gyaneshwar Baraskar and Anurag Singh Sisodia, STF Indore unit s Superintendent of Police (SP) Manish Khatri said.