PIL seeks CBI probe into politicians procuring crucial Remdesivir amid shortage

A PIL demanding an FIR and CBI probe into claims of politicians being able to procure and distribute Remdesivir amid a shortage across the country was mentioned before the Delhi High Court.

A PIL demanding an FIR and CBI probe into claims of politicians being able to procure and distribute Remdesivir, used for treating COVID-19 patients, even as others run pillar to post to get the medicine, was mentioned before the Delhi High Court on Saturday. The plea was mentioned before a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli by advocate Virag Gupta who was asked by the court to bring the petition on record during the day. The plea questions how politicians are able to procure large stocks of the medicine without having the requisite permission under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, when the public was not getting it.