A 46-year-old man and his driver had been arrested for allegedly promoting the anti-fungal drug amphotericin, used for the remedy of mucormycosis, at an exorbitant price, police mentioned on Monday.
A 46-year-old man and his driver had been arrested for allegedly promoting the anti-fungal drug amphotericin, used for the remedy of mucormycosis, at an exorbitant price, police mentioned on Monday.
The suspect, Rajnish Shrivastava, whose agency ‘AmbuSmith Inc.’ offers in the buying and selling of medical gear and ambulance modification, introduced these injections from Lucknow and bought them in Delhi at a better worth. His driver, Murtaza Khan (36), additionally helped him in this enterprise, police mentioned.
In a grievance on the Saket police station, two college students said that whereas they had been making an attempt to rearrange Amphotericin-B for a affected person, they got here in contact with Shrivastava, who was promoting it at Rs 11,300 per injection, about 36 occasions the MRP.
The complainants, who’re members of a WhatsApp group that assist in arranging medicines for sufferers affected by Covid and black fungus, knowledgeable police that Shrivastava had agreed to ship 20 injections for Rs 2.26 lakh.
A police staff waited close to the Max Hospital at Saket and round 2 pm, two individuals in a automotive referred to as the complainants at Hauz Rani visitors sign close to the hospital for supply of the injections, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Thakur mentioned. They tried to run away however the staff apprehended the 2, the DCP mentioned.
Twenty injections had been recovered from the automotive and an investigation is on to establish the supply of the drug, the officer added.
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