The accused have been identified as Amol Lamture (27), Raju Shinde (39) -both residents of Pune railway station area, Ganesh Khaire (32) and Akshay Solunke (22) from Warjegaon and Sachin Khaire (30) from Mulshi area.
As per an initial probe, police found that 35 persons had been issued fraudulent certificates through the alleged racket run by the four suspects and their accomplices
Initial probe by the police revealed that around 35 persons had been issued such fraudulent certificates through the alleged racket that the four suspects and their accomplices were operating.
A youth in Pune was arrested for allegedly selling vials of remdesivir injections for Rs 7,000. The cops planned to send a decoy customer to the location and the person selling the injection vials was detained (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Key Highlights
A hospital employee in Pune was allegedly selling Remdesivir costlier than the market price
The man was selling each vial worth Rs 7,000, which is 5 times more than the stipulated price
Pune: Intensifying in crackdown on the black-marketing of remdesivir injections in Pune, the Crime Branch of city police arrested a medical assistant working at a hospital for selling the vials five times costlier. Officials of the Crime Branch and Food and Drugs Administration booked the accused.