NE NEWS SERVICE
SURAT, SEPT 9
Four persons were arrested in Ahmedabad city on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in black marketing of tocilizumab, which is used for treating critically ill COVID-19 patients, police said.
The accused were arrested in connection with a racket that was busted by the Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) in June, said an official from Umra police station in Surat, where an FIR was lodged against them on July 19.
The Surat police apprehended Ghanshyam Vyas, a contractor at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, Amit Menchharamani, Abhishek Tikamani, and Bhavesh Solanki, all from Ahmedabad, he said.
The FDCA’s probe had revealed that the accused were involved in selling tocilizumab injections at inflated costs in the black market, after procuring the medicine using fake documents.
