Three held in Hyderabad for illegally selling Amphotericin B

The arrested were identified as K Kranthi Kumar (35), a medical shop owner from Kukatpally, N Venkat Dinesh (28), a medicine supplier from Vivekananda Colony in Kukatpally and Srinivas (50), a pharmacy owner from Balanagar.

Hyderabad: The Central Zone Task Force nabbed three persons on charges of illegally selling Amphotericin B Liposome injections at Necklace Road here on Monday.

They were selling the injection for Rs 50,000 each. Officials seized 35 injection vials from them. The arrested persons were identified as K Kranthi Kumar (35), a medical shop owner from Kukatpally, N Venkat Dinesh (28), a medicine supplier from Vivekananda Colony in Kukatpally and Srinivas (50), a pharmacy owner from Balanagar.

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“All the suspects were into medical business or were either medical representatives or healthcare professionals. They used this to target gullible people who are in need of Amphotericin B liposome injection for their family members and further sold it between Rs 35,000 and Rs 50,000,” Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar said, adding that following a tip-off, the police laid a trap and nabbed the gang while trying to sell the injections to customers at Necklace Road.

They were handed over to the Ramgopalpet police for further action.

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