Cops recover Rs 1.65 lakh cash from prime accused’s house

Vadodara: The doctors and nurses reportedly have sold a large stock of remdesivir drugs illegally in open market in the city. Investigating officials on Wednesday seized over Rs 1.65 lakh cash from the house of Krunal Patel who is one of the key accused in the black marketing scam busted recently.

Police are trying to ascertain the amount of money they earned by selling the drug illegally. “Our investigations revealed that one of the accused Dr Mitesh Thakkar used to sell remdesivir to Krunal. We have arrested Dr Thakkar and are trying to track down others involved in the racket,” the police said. The police added that the accused used to procure the drug from medical stores as well as hospitals where Covid patients were being treated. Investigators said that some agents used to bring the needy patients to the gang that used to sell remdesivir for a premium. Police are now on the trail of agents who were in touch with the patients.

The prevention of crime branch (PCB) and special operations group (SOG) have arrested two doctors and two male nurses and filed separate FIRs under various IPC sections in different police stations. Six teams have been formed by the city police commissioner Shamsher Singh to investigate the racket apart from involving the food and drugs department for help.