Chandigarh: Six held in for illegally dealing in Remdesivir injections

SIX individuals, together with the director of a number one pharmaceutical firm of Baddi, the pharma hub of Himachal, have been arrested for illegally storing and placing a deal for the sale of antiviral Remdesivir in Chandigarh on Sunday.
At least 3,000 Remdesivir injections have been seized from the pharmaceutical firm, Health Biotech Limited, in Baddi.
The six individuals of whom three have been from Kerala, and one every from MP and Delhi have been rounded up for questioning from a five-star resort in Sector 17 earlier than being arrested. Later, they have been remanded in 4 days police custody.
Gaurav Chawla, director of Health Biotech Limited, Baddi, can be amongst these arrested.
The different 5 have been recognized as Abhishek, Jacob and Francis from Kerala, Sushil Kumar of Delhi and Prabhat Tyagi of Madhya Pradesh.
The authorities banned the export of Remdesivir on April 11 following the steep rise in demand because of the second surge of COVID-19 circumstances.

SP (Chandigarh) Ketan Bansal stated, “We received a tip-off about an illegal deal related to Remdesivir at a Sector 17 hotel late Saturday evening. We conducted a raid and rounded up six people. Upon verification, a stock of 3,000 Remdesivir injections was found at Health Biotech Limited in Baddi. The MRP tags were being pasted on the injections. Though director, Gaurav Chawla, claimed that he is authorized to manufacture and export the medicine, he failed to produce any relevant documents. The export of the medicine is banned since April 11. The accused had gathered in Chandigarh from different places to collect the stock. Further investigation is on.”

A group headed by cyber cell Inspector Hari Om produced all of the arrested accused within the native court docket, which remanded them in 4 days police custody. Sources stated an in depth report of your entire operation was ship to central well being authorities.
A case was registered at PS 17. Chandigarh police arrested the six individuals beneath the costs of forgery, dishonest, Section 7 of Essential Commodity Act and beneath Section 27 of Drug and Cosmetic Act.

Remdesivir is an antiviral drug. The surge in circumstances has led to a sudden spike in demand for the antiviral drug.