
Brothers held with 42 remdesivir vials
The Hindu
Further investigations are on to arrest those who are behind this hoarding.
Police have arrested two brothers who were selling illegally remdesivir, the medicine being used for treating patients, at inflated price to the patients desperately in need of the drug. Police said surprise check was conducted in a pharmacy on Maettukaliyamman Temple Street in Kovilpatti on Thursday night by Deputy Director of Health Services, Kovilpatti, Anita and Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kovilpatti, Kalaikathiravan following information about hoarding of remdesivir in the shop to be sold at inflated price. During the search, the team seized 42 vials of remdesivir from the shop owned by Shanmugam of Gandhi Nagar in Kovilpatti and his brother Ganesan.
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