Jaipur: Police seize 750 remdesivir injections; arrest 6

JAIPUR: The crime branch has arrested six persons for selling remdesivir injections at Rs 15,000 a piece and seized 750 ampoules from them on Wednesday.

The injections are used for Covid patients in emergency situation. The arrested include medical store owner Jayprakash Verma, three agents — Dalveer Singh, Vikas Mittal, Basant Kumar — and two suppliers — Vickram Gujjar and Shankar Mali. All are residents of Harmada and Murlipura in Jaipur.

Following complaints, policemen in the guise of customers visited 48 medical stores looking for two remdesivir injections in the city. “Jayprakash, who runs a samarth medical store asked for Rs 15,000 per injection. When the deal was agreed, one Dalveer Singh brought two injections to the store. After both were arrested, they said one Vikas Mittal gave it to them following which he was apprehended along with one Basant Kumar,” said Digant Anand, DCP (crime) of Jaipur Police Commissionerate.

Following the chain, Jangid told police that Vickram Gujjar and Shankar Mali are providing these injections in the city. “Jangid and Gujjar said they purchased 725 such injections from Gurugram for selling at a high price in Jaipur. They didn’t have any license to sell any drugs and were taking advantage of the health emergency,” said Anand. The seized injections were sent to the forensic to see if they were real or fake.

The suppliers have tied up with the medical stores and they provide them on-demand in several parts of the city. Police are also probing if they have any connection with the hospital staff.

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