Two held with 18 vials of Remdesivir in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The South Zone Task Force along with the Bahadurpura police nabbed two persons on charges of illegally procuring and selling Remdesivir injections here on Tuesday. Police seized 18 Remdesivir vials from them.

The arrested persons were Solomon Raju (27), a male nurse working at a private hospital from KPHB colony and Aravind (29), a medical representative, from Hitec City, Madhapur. One suspect, Shiva Shankar from Attapur, was



absconding.

According to the police, Aravind procured Remdesivir injections from Shiva Shankar and with the help of Solomon, was selling the injections at prices ranging from Rs.15,000 to Rs.20,000 to customers.

Following a tip-off, the police nabbed the duo at Bahadurpura and seized 18 Remdesivir injection vials from them. The arrested suspects and the seized material were handed over to the Bahadurpura police for further investigation.