AHMEDABAD: Two men were caught red-handed selling amphotericin B injections illegally through a social media app on Saturday.
They were produced in court and remanded to police custody till Monday.
The Ahmedabad rural police received a tip-off that someone had formed a group called ‘Oxygen Bed Remdesivir Covid19 India’ on an instant message software and was using it to sell vials of remdesivir, which is given to Covid patients, and amphotericin B, which is used to treat mucormycosis.
The rural police took the help of cyber cell and got the contact number mentioned in the group.
The cops got information that the gang was charging Rs 17,000 per vial.
The cops struck a deal for two injections and asked the person to come to Hathijan Circle to deliver the medicine.
PSI V H Patel posed as buyer Mit Patel.
Two youths with amphotericin B injections were caught in the trap.
The accused are Jainam Shah, 20, of Krishnanagar, and Balvansinh Gujjar, 20, of Naroda.
They revealed that one Harshad Parmar, of Bapunagar, who worked in Civil Hospital had sold them the amphotericin B injections for Rs 10,500 each.
Cops are hunting for Parmar.
The police are also trying to figure out how many others are involved in the racket.