76 arrested in Haryana for selling Covid drugs on black market

Chandigarh, May 30

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The Haryana Police have registered 38 cases of black marketing of medical-related facilities in which 76 persons have been arrested and sent behind bars during the ongoing Covid pandemic.

Giving this information here today, a Haryana Police spokesman said amid the outbreak of the second wave of Covid, the demand for medical oxygen and life-saving drugs had gone up.

Director General of Police (DGP) Manoj Yadava said the government’s collective efforts to break the infection chain and enforcement by the police had led to reduction in the black marketing of Covid drugs and oxygen cylinders.

Police teams are continuously taking stern action to curb such illegal activities. A large number of injections and oxygen cylinders had also been recovered, the DGP added.