The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrested four persons in two separate raids for indulging in black marketing the life saving 'Remdesivir' injections in the National Capital.
According to Monika Bhardwaj, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Crime Branch, after receiving specific inputs a trap was laid on Wednesday near Parmanand Chowk, GTB Nagar, Delhi.
“Around 1.15 PM, one Talwinder Singh, a resident of Amritsar in Punjab was apprehended and three vials of Remdesivir injections were recovered from his possession,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation, the accused disclosed that he was selling the injection on higher price as its demand was shooting and there was scarcity of the injection,” the DCP said.
“Later, 68 more injections were recovered from his possession. The accused supplied the injection across the country through one courier company based at Chandni Chowk, Delhi. On his instance, raids were conducted at Chandni Chowk area where supplier Jitender Kumar, a resident of Roshanara in Delhi, was also apprehended. He used to charge Rs 2,000 for supply of one vial,” said the DCP.
“On the basis of the interrogation, teams are sent to Amritsar and other places in Punjab to nab the co-accused,” the DCP added.
Another police team arrested two accused persons from near Batra Hospital, MB Road, Delhi, while they were trying to sell the injections at exorbitant prices. Ten vials of Remdesivir were recovered from the accused persons, she said.
The accused persons use to sell these injections in black market on higher prices. They have a set network of persons who supply the injections on demand.
A total of 81 vials of Remdesivir injections were recovered in two cases, police said.