The surge of coronavirus cases in the state has been dreadful these days. No money is helping in providing benefits, just hope and luck playing their part. And amid this health crisis corruption is evolving. Maharashtra’s Mumbai witnessed three men including a doctor selling Remdesivir injection in black. The accused are arrested on Tuesday. Three men including a doctor were arrested on Tuesday on charges of selling Remdesivir injection in Mumbai’s fast-growing black market for the key antiviral drug for Covid-19 patients that is in short supply, the Mumbai police said on Wednesday.

The Malwani police had received a tip-off about the ongoing racket. A decoy customer was sent to the men for buying the injection administered by hospitals to adults with severe complications.

Two men, Siddharth Yadav (21) and Rizwan Mansuri (32), a doctor, were arrested a little after 7.30 pm on Tuesday when they turned up at Mumbai’s Charkop Naka to deliver the injections.

Vishwakarma showed up and told the police that he had bought the injections from the Hayaat hospital medical shop.

The gang had offered three injections for a total price of Rs. 59,000 as against the retail price of about Rs. 1,400 per injection.

There have been reports of shortage of the injection from several states including Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Jharkhand over the last few days and weeks. The Centre has insisted that there was overall no shortage of the drug but advocated its rational use.

Niti Aayog member Dr. VK Paul on Tuesday said it should not be used for patients at home. “The patient has to be on oxygen therapy, and the drug is supposed to be supplied only to hospitals and not to be sold in retail… It is not meant for everyone,” he said.

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