Covid Drug Distribution: Sonu Sood Says Acted As Conduit To Help Needy

The distribution of medicines and oxygen cylinders by politicians and celebrities at a time when even the government was struggling to keep up with the demand, raised eyebrows.

Actor Sonu Sood today denied any wrongdoing in the distribution of anti-COVID-19 drugs by him and told the Bombay High Court that he was only helping out those who genuinely needed the medicines amid shortages. The High Court, hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking probe into the distribution of Remdesivir and other drugs by politicians and celebrities like Sonu Sood, allowed the actor to intervene in the PIL. The distribution of medicines, as well as oxygen cylinders by politicians and celebrities at a time when even the government was finding it hard to keep up with the demand, had raised eyebrows. The High Court had at the previous hearing asked the Maharashtra government to find out if there had been an illegal hoarding and unauthorized distribution of drugs.