Delhi: man who ‘cheated’ household on black fungus med, arrested

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Delhi Police arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly dishonest the household of a affected person affected by mucormycosis by promising him the required anti-fungal medicine for therapy.

Police mentioned that that is the primary arrest within the cyber fraud associated to black fungus medicine within the capital.

Accused Prashant Kumar Sharma allegedly took Rs 3,000 by promising to present amphotericin B to the sufferer, however by no means gave him drugs.

An individual named Vineet Jain complained to the police in Shahdara that the accused had cheated him of Rs 3,000. Jain was searching for Amphotericin B for his brother-in-law admitted to Sri Ganga Ram Hospital.

On Friday, medical doctors gave vials of amphotericin B to the affected person, however the household didn’t obtain the drug in pharmacies or hospitals.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) R Sathiyasundaram mentioned, “The household began a web based seek for a vendor and located Sharma’s quantity on a WhatsApp group on Saturday. He approached her, and she or he advised him that he would ship the vials to her home and requested for Rs 3,000 as an advance. After on-line cost by the complainant, the accused stopped taking his name.

After receiving the telephone quantity and transaction info from Vineet, a case has been registered underneath the sections of fraud.

Police on Sunday traced Sharma’s location and arrested him from his home in Ghaziabad. Sharma advised police that he labored as a driver earlier than the lockdown however misplaced his job through the epidemic.

After this, he allegedly began dishonest folks on social media. “We found that he had cheated many people during the lockout. He recently posted his phone number on Facebook for plasma donation. He can also cheat the families of Kovid patients and those in need of plasma, ”police mentioned.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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