7 arrested for running fake Remdesivir injection factory in Uttarakhand, already sold 2,000 injections
Seven people were arrested for running a fake Remdesivir injection manufacturing unit in Kotdwar in Uttarakhand. The accused were arrested after the Delhi Police conducted raids in Kotdwar, Roorkee and Haridwar.
Police also recovered 196 fake “ready to sell fake Remdesivir injections” and 3,000 empty vials from the spot. Moreover, police found the accused have already sold 2,000 fake Remdesivir injections.
The accused used to sell fake Remdesivir injection for Rs 25,000, police said. Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava took to Twitter to inform about the incident.
“In all 196 ready to sell fake Remdesivir injections were seized. From the premises, packing machines, 3000 empty vials for packing Ramdesivir were recovered. Accused further disclosed that he already sold 2,000 fake Remdesivir injections to desperate people,” SN Shrivastava said in a tweet on Friday.
A team of police has been formed to gather information about those who have been given these fake injections.
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