HYDERABAD: Task Force sleuths raided two
pharmacy stores
in
Chilkalguda
and Ramgopalpet on Friday and arrested two persons for illegally procuring and selling
medicines
used to treat Covid-19 patients.
The accused, Sunil Agarwal, proprietor of Sonu Medical at
Padmarao Nagar
in Chilkalguda and Sonu Agarwal, proprietor of Sonu Pharmacy near Paradise hotel in Ramgopalpet are brothers.
According to DCP (Task Force) P Radhakishan Rao, the accused were selling Remdesivir, Favipiravir and
pulse oximeters
at exorbitant rates. Police seized four vials of Remdesivir 100 mg injections (COVIFOR), 30 strips of Favipiravir (Fabiflu 200 Mg) tablets and 135 pulse oximeters worth Rs 5.6 lakh from the possession of the accused. “The accused were selling Remdesivir, priced at Rs 5,400, for Rs 35,000. Similarly, Fabiflu tablet strip, which is sold for Rs 3,500 , was sold for Rs 5,000 while pulse oximeters, which cost Rs 940 were being sold for Rs 2,000,”the DCP said.
The accused were illegally procuring the medicines from K Venkata Subramanyam and Ankam Srikanth, who are absconding, for commission and were selling them to customers at a high price without prescription. The accused were handed over to the police for further investigation.
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