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Delhi court dismisses police plea for Navneet Kalra s custody in O2 concentrators case
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Look out notice against Navneet Kalra in O2 concentrators case. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 22 : A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed a plea by Delhi Police seeking custody of businessperson Navneet Kalra in the black marketing of oxygen concentrators matter.
Metropolitan magistrate Vasundhra Azad said: In my considered opinion, police remand is not warranted.
The court will hear Kalra s bail plea on May 25. Kalra was sent to 14-day judicial custody in the case, as the court decided that no case was made out for further extension of police custody. He was arrested on May 16 from his brother-in-law s farmhouse in Gurugram and then remanded to three days police custody.
Read more about Police plea for Navneet Kalra s custody in O2 concentrators case dismissed on Business Standard. A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed a plea by Delhi Police seeking custody of businessperson Navneet Kalra in the black marketing of oxygen concentrators matter.
NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the assured supply of essential medicines for the treatment of mucormycosis (black fungus) and cost-free care to those affected.
In a letter to the prime minister, she also pointed out that the illness is not covered under Ayushman Bharat and most other health insurance plans and sought immediate action on the issue.
Gandhi said the government had asked states to declare mucormycosis an epidemic under the Epidemic Diseases Act. This would mean that there must be adequate production and assured supply of essential medicines to treat it, and cost-free patient care for those in need of treatment, she added.
Assure supply of medicines for black fungus: Sonia to PM
NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the assured supply of essential medicines for the treatment of mucormycosis (black fungus) and cost-free care to those affected.
In a letter to the prime minister, she also pointed out that the illness is not covered under Ayushman Bharat and most other health insurance plans and sought immediate action on the issue.
Gandhi said the government had asked states to declare mucormycosis an epidemic under the Epidemic Diseases Act. This would mean that there must be adequate production and assured supply of essential medicines to treat it, and cost-free patient care for those in need of treatment, she added.