Three held for illegally selling remdesivir in Vadodara

VADODARA: The detection of crime branch (DCB) on Tuesday busted another racket of selling remdesivir in black and arrested three persons including a woman. While two of them work in Gotri GMERS Medical College, the woman works on contract in Gotri GMERS Hospital.
The cops have seized a remdesivir injection labelled ‘not for sale’ from the accused who are suspected of having sold more such vials. The police said that it had received information about a man selling remdesivir following which they set a trap and sent in a decoy customer on Tuesday.
When the accused identified as Sohail Darbar came with the injection, the cops nabbed him. Darbar told the cops that he worked as a plant operator in the oxygen plant at Gotri medical college. “Darbar said that he got the injection from Shailesh Prajapati who works as a servant in Gotri medical college. Prajapati had sold the injection for Rs 14,000 and Darbar decided to sell it for Rs 15,000,” the police said.
Prajapati told the cops that he had got the injection from Varsha Damor who works as a servant in the Covid ward at Gotri GMERS Hospital.
“Damor had one injection with her over last 25 days. She was given two injections for a patient but he died after one was administered. Damor then decided to sell off the remaining one,” crime branch officials said. The cops are also questioning the accused to find out if any other persons are involved in the crime.