Chandigarh company under lens over fake Remdesivir recovery

Ropar, May 8

As part of the probe into the recovery of fake Remdesivir injection vials from the Bhakra canal on Thursday, the Ropar police today raided a drugs marketing company at Maloya village of Chandigarh.

The company office was found locked and the landlord told the police his tenants had left the place a month ago.

On Thursday, 621 vials of fake Remdesivir injections, an antiviral drug prescribed for serious Covid-19 patients, were found in the canal near here. The manufacturing address was that of Telangana and the vials bore Rs 5,400 as MRP. The health officials confirmed the injections were fake. Beside, 1,456 Cefoperazone vials, an antibacterial drug, were also found.

SSP Akhil Chaudhary said a five-member SIT headed by an IPS officer had been constituted to investigate the case. The SSP said prima facie, both drugs were dumped into the canal by someone. In order to trace the suspect, a police team visited a manufacturing unit in Himachal Pradesh mentioned on the seized Cefoperazone vials.

The authorities there confirmed the vials were procured by the Chandigarh-based company, whose address was also mentioned on the wrappers of the vials found in the canal. A team of Haryana Police had also visited the Chandigarh firm’s address in search of an accused in a similar case registered at Panipat. The SSP said the police had information that the company was being run by a person from Uttar Pradesh. A police team had been dispatched to UP to nab the suspect, he added. — TNS