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Surat: Investigation into the remdesivir black-marketing racket busted in Punagam on April 17 revealed that the mastermind, Vivek Dhameliya, had purchased 89 vials of the Covid-19 emergency medication from Surat’s New Civil Hospital (NCH) in four days. Dhameliya (29), a homeopathic doctor and partner at Nitya Hospital, later sold the injections at higher prices, police said. During the investigation, the crime branch found that Dhameliya had procured the injections legally after following procedures laid down by the state government. However, some of the injection stock that was not utilis...

Police recovered 2.45 lakh in cash Surat: Crime branch sleuths busted a racket of black marketing of remdesivir injection in Punagam area and recovered 12 vials of the life-saving drug on Saturday. Police also arrested six accused and recovered Rs 2.45 lakh in cash earned through sale of injections in the past few days. One of the accused is a partner in a hospital in Yogi Chowk and owner of a medical store in the hospital. He used to sell the injections procured for patients admitted in the hospital. “The accused were selling each injection in Rs 12,000 to the buyer. Police laid a decoy t...