5 Arrested For Running Fake Remdesivir Factory In Uttarakhand, Sold 2,000 Injections Already
Delhi Police busted a pharmaceutical unit and arrested a total of five people from Uttarakhand's Kotdwar area for allegedly manufacturing large quantities of fake Remdevisir injections, official said.?The racket, whose mastermind is a BPharma degree holder, had its roots in Delhi and was spread to three more states, the police said on Friday.
Total 14 arrests so far
Additionally, two were arrested a day ago when the police busted an industrial manufacturing unit in Uttarakhand¡¯s Kotdwar where fake Remdesivir injections were being manufactured. Seven people have already been arrested from Delhi and Ghaziabad in connection with the racket, taking the total number of arrests to 14.
The police said they had also unearthed a packaging unit at Haridwar, also in Uttarakhand, where the fake injections were packed and supplied to Delhi, Punjab and Haryana. Two persons were arrested following this raid, senior police officers said.
Sold injection for Rs 25,000 each
The accused were arrested after the Delhi Police conducted raids in Kotdwar, Roorkee and Haridwar.?Police said they have seized 196 fake remdesivir injections and 3,000 empty vials from the spot.
The accused have already sold 2,000 fake remdesivir injections and for Rs 25,000 each, police said.
Police took to Twitter to generate awareness
Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava took to Twitter to share information regarding the incident and the subsequent arrests.?
"Delhi Police working on useful information arrested 5 culprits in a prolonged investigation & unearthed a 'pharmaceutical' unit at Kotdwar, Uttarakhand manufacturing large quantities of fake Remdevisir injections (COVIPRI) sold at price over Rs 25000.
"In all 196 ready to sell fake Remdesivir injections were seized. From the premises, packing machines, 3000 empty vials for packing Ramdesivir were recovered. Accused further disclosed that he already sold 2,000 fake Remdesivir injections to desperate people," the commissioner tweeted.
What led to their arrest?
According to the officer cited above, the arrests came following the seizure of 93 remdesivir injections from seven men who were arrested from Delhi and Ghaziabad following three separate raids between April 21 and 26.
Some of the seized injections appeared to be fake as the information on their packing boxes was riddled with mistakes.One of the men arrested then revealed that the supply of Remdesivir injections for black marketing was being done from Punjab and Haryana. His interrogation led to the arrest of six more persons who, in turn, led the police to the manufacturing unit in Kotdwar.
