Remdesivir black marketing accused Angarak had contacts with several doctors

Aurangabad, May 20:

The crime branch arrested husband of the Government

Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) nurse, Nitin Avinash Jadhav (28, Kohinoor

Colony) and a medical representative Gautam Devidas Angarak (36, Gaidya Vihar)

for black marketing of Remdesivir injections and selling it for Rs 25,000 per

unit, on Wednesday.

In the police investigation, it has found that

Angarak has contacts with several doctors and medicine shop owners. Meanwhile, Jadhav’s

wife and GMCH nurse and Aarti Dholeis still at large. The police have launched

massive manhunt for her.

Vedantnagar police station API Anil Kankal produced

the accused Jadhav and Angarak before the court on Wednesday evening. Aarti is

working as a contractual nurse at the GMCH from March 30, 2021. Jadhav confessed

that she had provided them the Remdesivir injections. Today, when the police went

to arrest her, she was not at home and her mobile phone was also switched off.

She had not gone on duty also, the sources said.

Angarak lost his job as Medical Representative

around three months back. He had contacts with several doctors at Aurangabad,

Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Ahmednagar. In his phone records, it was found that he

had chatted with 10 persons regarding providing Remdesivir, Mucormycosis

injections and medicines. He received the medicines from Pune and Ahmednagar

while Jadhav was also one of his suppliers, the sources said.

There are several doctors and medical store

owners in Angikar’s phone lists. Hence, police are likely to reach those

involved in the black marketing racket.

The court has remanded both the accused in the

police custody till May 24, informed PI Rameshwar Rodge.