arrested for his alleged involvement in black marketing of
remdesivir, a drug used in the treatment of COVID-19, in
Gujarat”s Rajkot city on Tuesday, police said.
Acting on a complaint, the Rajkot crime branch nabbed
Paresh Zalavadia (35), owner of New Ideal Agency, a wholesale
pharmacy, said inspector V K Gadhvi.
Earlier, another accused Rajnikant Faldu, a medical
representative of a reputed pharma company, was arrested for a
similar offence.
Remdesivir is in high demand and dealers are supposed
to keep record of sales of the drug, which can only be sold
against doctors” prescriptions, the official said, adding that
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also keeps a track of these
transactions.
Recently, the complainant, Dr Anand Chauhan of Anand
Clinic, learnt that Zalavadia had submitted bills to the
Rajkot Food and Drug office claiming to have sold 24
remdesivir injections worth Rs 46,473 to him, which the doctor
denied, Gadhvi said.
Based on the complaint, the crime branch initiated an
inquiry and arrested Zalavadia for forging bills in Dr
Chauhan”s name and selling the injections to others, he said.
“Zalavadia acquired the injections from the other
accused Faldu. We are now trying to trace the buyers of these
injections,” Gadhvi said.
The accused have been booked under the charges of
forgery, cheating and under provisions of Disaster Management
Act and Epidemic Diseases Act. PTI PJT PD
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