Four held for selling Remdesivir vials at inflated price in Andhra Pradesh
Acting on a tip-off that the accused indulged in illegal sale of Remdesivir injections, the special branch police laid a trap and nabbed the accused and seized five vials from their possession.
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VIJAYAWADA: Krishna district police arrested a four-member gang, including two private hospital staff, for selling Remdesivir injections at inflated price in the black market in Machilipatnam on Tuesday.
Five Remdesivir (COVIFOR) vials and a car used for the transaction were seized from their possession.
According to Krishna district SP M Ravindranath Babu, the four accused were identified as Mattakoyya Saibabu (24), working as a general duty nurse in Andhra Hospitals in Vijayawada, Kurella Rukmini (29), a staff nurse in Andhra Hospitals main branch, Palaparthi Gopiraju (27) earlier worked in Vijayawada GGH on contract basis and currently, in search of e