Pimpri Chinchwad police have arrested 5 individuals, together with two medical store house owners, a salesman and a nurse at a COVID care heart, for alleged black-marketing of two injections – liposomal amphotericin B and bevacizumab – for the therapy of mucormycosis or black fungus. is used to. .
A group of the Crime Branch of Pimpri Chinchwad Police had launched a probe into the alleged black advertising of mucormycosis medicine following a tip-off to Sudhir Hiremath, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime). After preliminary verification of inputs from informers, a faux buyer was requested to contact the suspects.
Investigation revealed that the suspects have been promoting vials of liposomal amphotericin B for Rs 21,000 as towards Rs 7,800 and vials of bevacizumab for Rs 65,000 as towards Rs 54,000. These injections have been being purchased and bought illegally with out a prescription. A lure was laid on Tuesday in Wakad after the sale was finalized with a dummy buyer.
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The police initially arrested Gaurav Jagtap (31), the proprietor of a medical retailer in Wakad. Investigations revealed his three accomplices – Amol Manjrekar (39) who works as a salesman in a medical retailer in Pashan, Ganesh Kotme (32), who works as a ‘bouncer’ in a hospital in Kasba Peth, and Mamta. Jalit (24), who works as a nurse on the Municipal Corporation’s Covid Care Centre. Further, performing on data obtained from the suspects, the crime department arrested Pradeep Londhe (35), who additionally owns a medical retailer and was allegedly promoting bevacizumab at exorbitant charges.
A case has been registered towards all of the suspects below the provisions of the Essential Commodities Act and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. All the suspects have been produced within the courtroom on Tuesday from the place they’ve been remanded to four-day police custody.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
