Highlights
They were allegedly selling Remdesivir injections for Rs 30,000-40,000
Police recovered 70 vials of Remdesivir injections along with Rs 36 lakh cash, a car and 2 motorbikes
Ghaziabad: A joint team of special weapons and tactics (SWAT) and Kotwali police have arrested three men, including a doctor working in Lucknow s King George s Medical University, for allegedly hoarding Remdesivir injections here, police said.
Mohammad Altamash (42), a resident of Delhi s Nizamuddin, had earlier worked at AIIMS Delhi and regularly delivered lectures to medical students in various medical colleges.
His two accomplices Kumail of Kaila Bhatta in Ghaziabad and Jazim Ali of Bara Hindu Rao in Delhi have been nabbed along with the doctor as the trio were searching for family members who were in dire need of the life-saving injection for COVID-19 patients and charged between Rs 30,000 to 40,000 per injection.