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Along with injections, labels and vials, cops also seized a ‘cash counting machine’ from one of the six arrested accused, Asif Patani Rajkot: Preliminary investigation into the duplicate remdesivir manufacturing racket which was busted in Pinjrat of Surat district on Saturday revealed that the racket started after one of the accused started receiving large number of calls inquiring about remdesivir injections. According to Morbi police, kingpin Kaushal Vora, a resident of Adajan of Surat, took this short-cut to mint moolah along with the five others who are in police custody. “Vora is engaged in medical equipment trading in Surat and he started getting large number of inquiries related to remdesivir when the coronavirus cases started increasing again. THis spurred him to grab the opportunity to make some quick bucks by manufacturing duplicate injections and supplying these in the market,” said a police official. ....
Police recovered 3,371 vials and Rs 90.27 lakh cash from accused Surat: A duplicate remdesivir manufacturing racket has been busted in Pinjrat of Surat district, while six accused have been arrested on Saturday. In a joint operation, Morbi police and Detection of Crime Branch of Ahmedabad and Surat city busted the manufacturing unit operating from a rented farmhouse and recovered 3,371 vials of duplicate injection, Rs 90.27 lakh in cash and 63,168 empty vials. Police arrested six people from the unit including Rahul Kotecha and Raviraj alias Raj Hirani who are residents of Morbi, Mohammad Asim alais Asif Patni and Ramiz Kadri from Ahmedabad, Kaushal Vora from Adajan in Surat and Punit Shah from Thane near Mumbai in Maharashtra. ....