Four nursing staff, 3 others held for black marketing Remdesivir

Gurgaon: Seven people, including nursing staff of a private hospital, were arrested in Faridabad on Monday for allegedly black marketing Remdesivir after stealing the vials from the hospital . They sold each vial for Rs 30,000 in black market, police said. Around 20 vials of the injection were recovered from their possession.
According to police, the accused contacted desperate buyers through recommendation and sold them the injection at a higher price. DCP (crime) Jaivir Rathi said they are trying to find out who else was involved in it and how many Remdesivir vials they had sold till now.
Acting on a tip-off, the crime unit arrested four male nursing staff of a Sector 21A-based private hospital from Ankhir Chowk while they were trying to sell Remdesivir injections at a high price. The four men were identified as Santosh, Lovekush, Omprakash and Tapan. All of them are from Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. Police recovered 16 vials from their possession.
In another raid three people, including an owner of a medicine shop were arrested from Sector 16 and police recovered 4 vials of Remdesivir injections. The accused has a pharmacy near Sarvoday Hospital. A case was registered at Sector 17 police station under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 420 (cheating), 120B (criminal investigation) of the IPC and relevant sections of Drugs and Cosmetic Act, 1940, Essential Commodities Act, 1955, and Disaster Management Act, 2005, in Faridabad.
“We got information about black marketing of Remdesvir. After getting their contact details, a cop acting as a customer contacted them. After discussion they agreed to give him one vial for Rs 30,000. We set up our team and as soon as they arrived we arrested them,” said the officer, adding that the seven were taken on police remand for further investigation.
On May 7, the crime branch of Faridabad police arrested a former Congress worker, who had earlier contested assembly election as an independent, for allegedly selling oxygen cylinders in black market. A police team seized around 50 oxygen cylinders from his home at Indra Complex in Faridabad. Inspector Pradeep Mor, in-charge of the crime unit of sector 17 of Faridabad, said they received information on oxygen cylinders being sold by the accused at an exorbitant rate. Acting on the tip-off, they raided the house of Mawi in Indra Complex and found 50 oxygen cylinders loaded in a mini truck.