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Home | Telangana | Five Held In Warangal For Selling Remdesivir In Black Market

Five held in Warangal for selling Remdesivir in black market

Warangal Rural: The Geesugonda police have arrested a five-member gang for selling Remdesivir vials at high prices in the black market. The police have seized 42 vials of Remdesivir, Rs 1.69 lakh in cash, a car, a two-wheeler and five cell phones from them. They were identified as  Chanda Vijay Kumar, a lab technician from […]

By Telangana Today
Published Date - 07:05 PM, Mon - 10 May 21
Five held in Warangal for selling Remdesivir in black market
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Warangal Rural: The Geesugonda police have arrested a five-member gang for selling Remdesivir vials at high prices in the black market. The police have seized 42 vials of Remdesivir, Rs 1.69 lakh in cash, a car, a two-wheeler and five cell phones from them.

They were identified as  Chanda Vijay Kumar, a lab technician from Boduppal in Hyderabad, Chintam Rajesh, Urugonda village of  Damera mandal in Warangal Rural district,  Mundati Gopal,  a medical representative of Hanamkonda,  Gattu Avinash, a lab technician of Dharmaram, and  Vavila Suresh, a medical shop owner in Hanmakonda.

According to East Zone DCP Venkatalakshmi,  the accused were purchasing the Remdesivir at MRP from Shamshabad locality and were selling the same in Warangal and surrounding areas at exorbitant prices to those in need.  “They were selling each vial at Rs 28,000. As part of this, the gang members came to Gorrekunta village under Geesugonda police station to sell the vials to a COVID patient. They were waiting at the Kattamallanna temple to hand over the vials to a COVID patient when the police raided the place and found the vials in their possession,” she added.


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