Jabalpur Hospital Chief And VHP Leader Held For Fake Remdesivir Racket
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Sarabjeet Singh Mokha is accused of sourcing 500 Remdesivir injections from Indore, which his hospital administered to many COVID-19 patients.
The director of a Jabalpur hospital is among four persons arrested for procuring and administering fake Remdesivir, a drug used in the treatment of COVID-19. The accused, Sarabjeet Singh Mokha, is also the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) president of the Narmada division. Mokha, the Director of Jabalpur's City Hospital, is accused of sourcing 500 Remdesivir injections from Indore, which the hospital administered to many COVID-19 patients. He has now been booked under Sections 274, 275, 308, and 420 of the Indian Penal Code. Of the other accused persons in the case, one Devendra Chaurasia works as Mokha's manager, and another, Sapan Jain, handles dealerships with pharmaceutical companies. The incident came to light after a team of Gujarat Police busted a fake Remdesivir manufacturing unit and arrested Jain from Jabalpur on May 7.More Related News