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Bengaluru cops arrest 5 for selling Remdesivir at 10 times the official price

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Single dose of antiviral drug was being sold for as much as Rs 40,000

BENGALURU:

In a major breakthrough, the Bengaluru North Division police have arrested five people for selling Remdesivir injections at 10 times the prescribed government price.

The arrested have been identified as Shivakumar (32), Darshan (29), lab technician Girish (30), vegetable vendor Nagesh (43), and delivery boy from Pharma Hub Nayaz Ahmed (30).

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5 doses seized

On Friday, PSI Vinayak and his team had arrested two people near Sanjeevani Hospital at Mahalaxmi Layout for selling Remdesivir at inflated prices. The cops had seized 5 doses of the antiviral drug, 2 mobile phones, 1 two-wheeler and Rs 6,000 in cash.

The police said that one of the accused, Nagesh, had confessed that he had taken Remdesivir from a friend — the drug was meant for the latter’s Covid-infected father who had later died — to sell at a higher price.

In another incident, the Shrirampura police arrested Nayaz Ahmed near Bandireddy Circle, Ashirwad Nursing Home, where he had allegedly come to sell Remdesivir.

It is said that the accused were selling a single Remdesivir dose for Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000.

A case has been registered against the accused at the Mahalaxmi Layout and Srirampura police stations.

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