Court cancels bail of doctor accused of remdesivir black marketing

Vadodara: A local court has cancelled the bail of Dr Mitesh Thakkar who is an accused in a case involving black marketing of remdesivir that was in high demand during the second wave of Covid earlier this year. Thakkar was arrested after his name cropped up during the police investigations in the case in April.

“Thakkar was granted bail earlier by a lower court. But he had hidden some facts from the court. Thakkar had approached the sessions court that had rejected his bail but he didn’t reveal it in the lower court. He also hid the fact that section 27 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act was removed from the complaint,” said advocate Anil Desai, district government pleader.

“The lower court cancelled its bail after the facts were brought to its notice. Thakkar had applied for a stay on the bail cancellation but that too was rejected,” Desai added.

Thakkar, who worked at a Covid centre of a private hospital, was named by another accused Krunal Patel during the investigations. Thakkar was accused of sourcing the remdesivir from the Covid centre and selling it to Krunal. Krunal then sold the remdesivir injections to the needy people for a high price. The cops had arrested two doctors and two male nurses in the case and six teams were also formed to investigate the complaint in detail.