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Police said the victim, a resident of Kukatpally, was in need of Amphotericin injections for his family members and was cheated of Rs 1.4 lakh by fraudsters in the guise of selling those injections online.

They sold each vial for Rs 50,000, while the actual cost was around Rs 8,000

Posaconazole is a triazole antifungal agent indicated for treating mucormycosis detected among patients who are recovering from Covid-19.

The arrested along with the seized material were handed over to the Punjagutta police for further action

The drug supplied to the stockists in turn will be issued based on recommendations of government committee to the hospitals where the patients are admitted.