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  • Fake Remdesivir: Police raid shop of Jabalpur-based man held in Gujarat bust

    By PTI
    JABALPUR: The shop and other premises of a Jabalpur-based businessman picked up by Gujarat police for allegedly dealing in fake Remdesivir injections were raided on Saturday, an official said here.

    Sapan Jain was held by Gujarat police from here on Friday, after which local police raided his shop and other premises a day later to gather details about his fake Remdesivir sales network, said Additional Superintendent of Police Rohit Kashwani.

    Jain was held after Gujarat police on May 1 busted a factory in Surat making fake Remdesivir injections, officials added.

  • Three held for trying to sell Remdesivir vials filled with saline water in Maharashtra

    By PTI
    BEED: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly trying to cheat people by selling them saline water in vials of Remdesivir, an anti-viral used in the treatment of COVID-19, in Maharashtra’s Beed city, police said on Thursday.

    The Shivaji Nagar police recently nabbed Santhosh Naikwade, Prakash Nagargoje and Datta Nirmal for allegedly trying to sell a vial of the injection for Rs 22,000, an official said.

    Investigations revealed that one of the accused, who worked as a compounder at a city-based hospital, had filled used vials of Remdevisir with saline water and tried to sell the same, assistant police inspector (API) Amol Gurle said.

    “We have sent a vial recovered from the accused to a laboratory for testing to ascertain the contents,” the official said, adding that the trio is currently in judicial custody.