₹55,000, from the possession of the arrested persons who are into surgical business, medical agency and medical distributor.
The total worth of the seized items including cash was put at ₹35.5 lakh, police said.Those arrested had formed a group and started black marketing of emergency drug for COVID-19 patients to earn easy money illegally and sold it at higher prices, they said.With regard to sale or usage of these drugs, police said it has been clearly mentioned on the box that the medicine is supposed to be meant for institutional and Hospital sale only.Remdesivir drug comes with a consent form that has to be filled and signed by the patient/attendants and doctor concerned at the time of administration of drug.A copy of consent form has.