It had been raining heavily in Unnao, an impoverished district in the hinterlands of Uttar Pradesh. The Ganga runs through it. The rain swelled the waters and turned the banks into slush. The river gave up the dead hundreds of putrefying corpses of Covid-19 patients, which had been buried in graves barely three-foot deep. Their families were too poor to afford wood for their cremation.
Before Covid-19 struck Unnao, wood for a pyre cost around Rs 500. It now sells for Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000. Add priests, attendants and samagri, the bill to reach paradise comes to around Rs 10,000. Even as thousands of compassionate citizens struggle to help coronavirus victims get food, oxygen, medicines and hospital beds, a malevolent beast has risen to profit from horror. He blackmails families begging for oxygen by charging them astronomical prices. He sells empty cylinders and faulty oximeters.
People venturing on the roads were in for a rude shock on Saturday as the police across the State intensified enforcement of lockdown measures after top brass warned people over social media to avoid
Three held for ‘selling’ Black Fungus vials
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Three persons, who were selling anti-Black Fungus vials in the black market, were apprehended by the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force team of the North Zone on Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off, the North Zone team led by inspector K Nageswar Rao, laid a trap at a house near Delhi Sweet House, Punjagutta, and apprehended the accused persons who were in possession of five vials of Amphotericin B Injection.
Each vial was being sold for ₹50,000, while the MRP was ₹305, Officer on Special Duty (Task Force) P Radha Kishan Rao said.
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Four held for selling Remdesivir vials in black
Four persons were apprehended by Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (South Zone) for illegally procuring and selling Remdesivir vials. They were selling the injections in the black market for ₹25,000 to ₹35,000 each vial to make a quick buck. Police seized six vials and five mobile phones from Mohd Akbar Khan (22), a male nurse from Bahadurpura, Mohd. Muzaffar Khan (22), an optical technician from Bandlaguda, Mohd. Hakeemuddin (31), a businessman from Asif Nagar and Syed Sadiduddin (32), a businessman from Vanasthalipuram.
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Four held for selling drug for Black Fungus in black
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The four accused who were involved in the sale of Amphotericin B Liposome injection in black market.
Four persons, who illegally procured and sold Amphotericin B Liposome injection at a high price, were apprehended by the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force (North Zone) team here on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, a team led by inspector K Nageswar Rao laid a trap near H.P Petrol Pump at Kacheguda and apprehended the accused. They were selling each vial for ₹50,000 vial, whereas the MRP was ₹7,858, without any valid documents. The drug is used as antiviral medicine for Black Fungus infected patients. “The antiviral drug is currently in high demand for the treatment of black fungal infection patients,” Officer on Special Duty (Task Force) P. Radha Kishan Rao said.