Remdesivir sale at high price in Hyderabad: Four held

HYDERABAD: Task Force sleuths arrested four persons for indulging in illegal sale of Remdesivir injections at exorbitant prices on Tuesday.
A Task Force team arrested three accused —Mohammed Abdul Hafeez, 52, owner of Sardar Medical Hall, Nampally, Sk Jilani, 27, a salesperson at the store, and Md Bin Saleem, 51, a businessman from Nampally, for selling Remdesivir injections at higher price.Police seized four injections along with a scooter and three cell phones. the accused were selling the injections, whose revised MRP is Rs 3,490 for Rs 23,000 to customers without maintaining a record.
While the accused were waiting at Murgi Market in Nampally to deliver the injection to a client, police arrested them.
Meanwhile, another Task Force team arrested, Shaik Mazhar, 33, who runs a medical store at Rehmath Nagar in Yousufguda while he was trying to sell Covifor Remdesivir injection for Rs 35,000 a vial. Police team nabbed him at Langar Houz when he arrived to sell the drug to clients and seized six vials of Covifor.