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.