Five held for illegal sale of injections in Maharashtra
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PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Monday arrested five persons, including two pharmacists and a nurse at the PCMC’s Covid care centre in Moshi for selling injections needed for treating mucormycosis in the black market.
The police team, led by assistant inspector Harish Mane, recovered three D-liposomal amphotericin B injections worth Rs 23,000 and one bevacizumab injection worth Rs 54,000 from the suspects.
The pharmacist was identified as Gaurav Jagtap (31) of Wakad. Along with the nurse, the police arrested Amol Manjarekar (39), a salesman from a pharmacy in Pashan, Ganesh Kotame (32), a bouncer at the hospital in Kasba Peth and Pradip Londhe (31) another pharmacist.
Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Krishna Prakash said the deputy commissioner of police Sudhir Hiremath received a tip-off that some people were selling the amphotericin B injection.
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The police team, led by assistant inspector Harish Mane, recovered three D-liposomal amphotericin B injections worth Rs 23,000 and one bevacizumab injection worth Rs 54,000 from the suspects.
The pharmacist was identified as Gaurav Jagtap (31) of Wakad. Along with the nurse, the police arrested Amol Manjarekar (39), a salesman from a pharmacy in Pashan, Ganesh Kotame (32), a bouncer at the hospital in Kasba Peth and Pradip Londhe (31) another pharmacist.
Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Krishna Prakash said the deputy commissioner of police Sudhir Hiremath received a tip-off that some people were selling the amphotericin B injection.
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