Ranchi police arrested two persons from a city-based hotel on Tuesday evening when they were fixing a deal of selling six Remdesivir injections at Rs.72,000 each.
The police acted on a tip off and conducted a raid at Raso Inn under the limits of Jagganathpur Police Station and nabbed the duo.
Senior Superintendent of Police S.K. Jha said that the duo pleaded innocence claiming that they were reselling the injection, which they bought in the black market, after a needy patient they knew of was provided the injection from a government hospital.
“The matter is under investigation. An FIR has been lodged under the provisions of Drug Control Act,” said Jha.