Man held for promoting ‘fake’ Remdesivir vials to Covid affected person’s kin in Surat

The Surat Police on Thursday claimed to have detained a person who had allegedly offered six “fake” Remdesivir vials to an individual whose relative was admitted in a hospital at Yogi Chowk. Police recognized the accused as Divyesh Patel, a resident of Adajan space in Surat.
Police mentioned that on Tuesday, Jigneshbhai Malani, a resident of Yogi Chowk, was standing in queue at New Civil Hospital to get Remdesivir injection for his cousin brother Ashok Malani, who’s underneath remedy in Mantra Hospital. Jignesh couldn’t get the injection as shares ran out earlier than his flip got here up, they mentioned. Someone current on the hospital then gave him a cellphone quantity and urged to instructed him to contact the particular person to get Remdesivir injections, police mentioned.
On Wednesday afternoon, Jignesh known as the quantity and requested for six vials of Remdesivir. The particular person mentioned every vial would price him (Jignesh) Rs 7,000. Jignesh agreed and it was determined that the vials could be handed over on the principle highway close to Vanita Vishram School floor at Athwa Gate, round 6:30 pm on Wednesday.
Jignesh reached the spot on again and again made a name on the quantity, after which a person got here there and handed him 6 vials of injections and took Rs 42,000 from Jignesh.
Jignesh who runs a garment store at Sarthana, reached the Mantra Hospital the place docs discovered that the field with the “injections”, in truth, contained water in packed bottles, police mentioned.

Jignesh known as the quantity once more and instructed the particular person to return to Sarthana with “more such injections” on Thursday. At the spot, Jignesh together with a few of his mates accosted the accused and took him to Sarthana police station, the place a dishonest grievance was then registered towards Divyesh.

Sarthana police inspector G A Patel mentioned, “The accused has undergone a Covid test and after the results are in, he (Divyesh) will be arrested. A probe is on.”