HYDERABAD: Four persons, including two doctors, were arrested by the Task Force sleuths on Monday for trying to sell amphotericin injections, used for treating mucormycosis patients, in black market at an exorbitant price.
Task Force sleuths said Dr D Ramesh Kumar, Dr L Raghavendra Goud, pharmacist J Srikanth and medical technician Mohammed Asad were all picked up from Saifabad and six amphotericin vials were seized from them.
Officials said Ramesh Kumar, through V Saidulu, an absconding medical representative, bought the injections.
“He hatched a plan with other accused to sell these injections at higher price.
The actual price of each injection is Rs 7,400 but they decided to sell each vial for Rs 50,000,” said an official.
Police said that the accused were nabbed in Saifabad, while they were trying to deliver the vials to a customer.
Police handed over the accused to Saifabad police station.
Dr Ramesh Kumar has a clinic, while Dr L Raghavendra is employed with a private hospital.
So far in Hyderabad, Rachakonda and Cyberabad commissionerate, police nabbed 30 persons, mostly paramedics and family members of patients involved in black marketing of injections.