Nursing staff held for black marketing Remdesivir in Kolar
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bhopal:24.04.2021
A nursing staff was caught trying to black market a Remdesivir injection outside a hospital in Kolar on Thursday.
This comes less than a week after the crime branch arrested four youths, including a doctor, on Saturday for allegedly black marketing of Remdesivir.
Kolar police said, when cops approached the accused he tried to flee but he was arrested. He was identifed as Jhalkan Singh, 24, a resident of Kolar and native of Guna district.
He said, he works as a nursing staff in a hospital in Kolar.
Police said, cops recovered an injection (lyophilized) 100 mg Remwin for use in hospital / institutional set up for India, written on it with a price of Rs 3950 from him.
He could not produce any document or convincing reason for the injection being in his possession.
During interrogation, the accused told police that his girlfriend who also works as a nursing staff in the hospital stole the injection from a patient and he was trying to sell it.
He said, his girlfriend would administer saline to patients and steal the Remdesivir meant for them.
He admitted that he had sold an injection to a doctor. He had been blackmarketing injections for Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 per injection.
Further investigation is underway.
Police said, cops recovered an injection (lyophilized) 100 mg Remwin for use in hospital / institutional set up for India, written on it with a price of Rs 3950 from him
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