Two in police net for selling remdesivir on black market

Panchkula, May 20

The crime branch of the Panchkula police today arrested two persons for allegedly selling remdesivir injections on the black market.

The suspects have been identified as Sukhpal Singh, alias SP Chauhan (27), a native of UP and presently residing at Gurdev Nagar in Zirakpur, and Alok Mishra, a native of Bihar and presently residing at Silver City in Zirakpur. A court today remanded them in judicial custody.

The police had arrested a pharmacist, Shiv Kumar, at Sector11 for selling the anti-virus injections on the black market. The police said Shiv Kumar had failed to produce a licence for selling the injections. Investigations revealed that two more persons were involved in the crime.— TNS