4 persons held for bid to sell Remdesivir at higher price

Hyderabad: South Zone Task force team arrested four persons for attempting to sell Remdesivir injection at a higher price.

The task force sleuths seized six

vials

of remdesivir from the accused, who were planning to sell each vial for Rs 25,000 to Rs 35,000, said task force inspector S Raghavendra.

The police identified the accused as Md Akbar Khan, 22, a nurse from Bahadurpura, Md Muzaffar Khan, 22, optical technician from Bandlaguda, Md Hakeemuddin, 31, a businessman from Asif Nagar and Syed Sadiduddin, 32, a businessman from Vanasthalipuram. tnn