Jabalpur VHP chief booked for selling over 1 lakh fake remdesivir injections, Congress demands CBI probe
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Jabalpur Police has booked the local VHP leader along with two others in a fake remdesivir scam case in which they sold over 1 lakh fake injections.
Jabalpur Police has booked the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) president of the outfit’s Narmada division along with two others in a fake remdesivir scam case in which over one lakh fake injections were sold to hapless people trying to save their loved ones during the pandemic. “The accused have been identified as Sarabjeet Singh Mockha, Devender Chaurasia and Swapan Jain, who have been booked under Sections 274, 275, 308 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code along with relevant sections of the Disaster Management Act and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act,” said Jabalpur Additional SP Rohit Kashwani.
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