"black-marketing"

Visakhapatnam: Drugs control administration on Monday took into custody one person involved in black marketing of COVID drugs. Assistant Director of Drugs Control Administration in the district K. Rajita said on Tuesday that on information that a person named Santosh kumar is doing black marketing of COVID drugs, the Drugs control Administration made decoy operation […]

According to the police, the duo purchased the oxygen concentrators at Rs 50,000 each for their family members but did not use them. They were trying to sell the same for Rs 65,000.

The accused were selling the drug at prices ranging between Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 per vial

The arrested persons were D Yadagiri (26), a pharma company delivery executive, and Sai Vishwajeet Shaw (24), an accountant, both from Ameerpet

As per information received by Director General, Drugs Control Administration, a decoy operation was conducted in Visakhapatnam to nab the accused B. Jagadeesh Kumar.

Warangal Police Commissioner Tarun Joshi said the Task Force team apprehended three pharmacists/assistant pharmacists at LifeLine Hospital, Hanamkonda.

He said stringent action would also be taken against people who are spreading false news about Covid.

He warned of severe action if any hospital tries to amass excess money by black marketing medicines and oxygen

Police seized 12 Remdesivir 100 mg injections from them