Pimpri Chinchwad Police nabs three people; 21 Remdesivir injections seized
The Pimpri Chinchwad Police on Monday May 10, 2021 nabbed three people, including a pharmacy store owner attached to a private hospital and seized over 21 vials of the vital Remdesivir injections. Pimpri Chinchwad Police Commissioner Krishna Prakash informed that the suspects were trying to sell these injections for Rs 10,000-12,000. These injections which were seized from them were allotted to two private hospitals by the district administration.
Krishna Prakash further stated that he has issued orders to summon the respective administrative chiefs of these two Hospitals. He said, “I have asked the hospitals to clarify why these injections were sold in the black market.”
Prakash added that he has issued orders to conduct surprise checks at various naka bandi locations. During one such nakabandi, we found two people suspiciously moving around 2.45 am on a motorcycle. When the Police present at this location found that they couldn’t give satisfactory answers to the questions, the doubts were confirmed that they were taking it for black marketing. Upon interrogating they confessed that they have been given to sell these injections. The identified person Krishna Patil (22) is the nursing staff working at a private hospital, while another Nikhil Neharkar (19) works as a delivery boy.
The duo when interrogated revealed the name of a pharmacist Shashikant Panchal who runs two pharmacy stores along with his brother who provided them with these injections and asked them to sell it at higher cost, Prakash added. When the team questioned the pharmacy store owner, they found that 19 Remdesivir injections were kept under the seat.
Wakad police team took the medical shop owners into custody and found some more vials of Remdesivir.
The Wakad police team has filed a case against them and seized 21 Remdesivir injections, one swift car, two motorbikes, mobile phones and cash, a total worth of Rs 10,00360. They have been sent into police custody for five days.
The action was taken by Krishna Prakash, Commissioner, Pimpri Chinchwad Police, Ramnath pokale, additional commissioner, Pimpri Chinchwad Police, Anand Bhoite, DeputyCommissioner Police, Zone 2, Pimpri Chinchwad, Shrikant Disale, assistant commissioner of Police, Vivek Mugalikar, Senior Police inspector, Santosh Patil, Police inspector, crime, assistant Police inspector Avadhoot Shingare, Dattaprasad Chaudhari, Jeetendra Ugale, Atish Jadhav, Home guards Nikhil Sapkal and Rohan Gund, Bhagyashree Yadav, Shrutika Jadhav, inspector, Food and Drug Authority, Pune division.
