Illegal sale of remdesivir: Chandigarh court rejects bail plea of five

Chandigarh, May 20

A local court has denied bail to five persons arrested for allegedly dealing in remdesivir injection illegally.

The court held that the injection was “severely required” for the serious patients in the prevailing scenario, but it was not easily available

The police arrested the suspects from a Sector 17 hotel on April 17. The police said all suspects were dealing in the sale and purchase of remdesivir without any permit or licence. A sample of the vial with an MRP of Rs4,700 on it was also recovered from them. Raid was also conducted on a pharmaceutical plant in Baddi, and 3,000 remdesivir vials were seized.

Additional and Sessions Judge Narender observed in the order that some of the suspect, who had travelled from the southern states of the country to Chandigarh, did not properly verify the fact that the manufacturer from whom they were purchasing the drug was not yet granted permission by the department concerned for supplying or selling the same in the domestic market. This shows that the intention of the applicants was not up to the mark. — TNS