Pramesh Jain

The Central crime branch officials of organised crime wing arrested a staff nurse of Jayanagar general hospital for selling Remdesivir in black.

The accused has been identified as, Maruthi,22 year old, resident of Belagavi.

Senior officer told reporters,our organised crime wing Inspector Girish Naik received a credible information from his informants that one person is selling Remdesivir injections in black charging exhobirant price near I Care Hospital in Jayanagar 4th block on the footpath.

Based on information Inspector Girish Naik and his team swung into action and rushed to spot near I Care Hospital in 4th block the team noticed a person standing on footpath of the hospital and is trying to sell Remdesivir injections.

After getting confirmation that the person is indulged in selling Antiviral drug Remdesivir the team approached him and found DESREM Remdesivir 100mg vials in his possession.

For further questioning the team took him to station and during investigation the accused confessed the crime and it was revealed that the accused is a male staff nurse attached to Jayanagar General hospital and was trying to sell the vials in black charging exhobirant price to its customers.

We have seized 6 DESREM Remdesivir vials from his possession and a mobile phone too has been seized.

The CCB officials taken the accused into custody to ascertain the sources of injections.

We suspect that the accused had sources it from the hospital.A case has been registered in Tilaknagar police station under Drug control Act  and further investigation is on to ascertain possible involvement of others in this racket.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-1,KP Ravikumar,ACP Anti-Narcotics Wing,Gautam Kumar,PI,Girish Naik and his team for the commendable job done by them 6 Remdesivir vials seized from him and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Pramesh Jain

Duo held including Doctor arrested by Sanjaynagar police for selling Remdesivir Vials in exhobirant price,2 Vials Seized:

The North Division police of Sanjayanagar police have arrested two persons including a doctor and House keeping Manager of Mathru Hospital for hoarding illegally Remdesivir injections and selling it by charging exhobirant price.

The accused has been identified as,Krishna, resident of Kamakshipalya and a House keeping,staff of Matru Hospital,Dr.Sagar,CG,a doctor at Matru Hospital who is treating Covid patients at Matru Hospital.

Senior officer told media persons,our Sanjaynagar police sub-Inspector,Lokesh KH received a credible information that a person is hoarding and selling antiviral drug Remdesivir injection vials near RMV Hospital in Sanjaynagar police station limits.

Based on tip-off PSI,informed senior officers as PI,Sanjayanagar,Smt.Kathyayini S Alva,about the same and the Inspector informed their senior officers as ACP,Reena Suvarna,DCP North, Dharmendra Kumar Meena,the senior officers instructed them to take additional force and raid the place.

Based on able guidance of DCP and ACP,the team swung into action and rushed to the spot at around 10pm near RMV Hospital and kept a close watch on the person and once the team got confirmation that he is hoarding illegally Remdesivir vials and is trying to sell it to relatives of Covid infected patients.

The team raided the place and apprehended the person and found two Remdesivir vials in his possession based on which the team arrested him red handed.

After arresting the person the team interrogated the accused person identified as,Krishna,is a housekeeping manager at Matru Hospital on Hosur Road.

Further investigation led the police to a doctor, who procured the vials from the hospital’s stock.The doctor,Sagar, tried to sell the vials in black through Krishna by diverting from the hospital stock given for patients with the help of house keeping staff to make quick buck he used to sell it in black market charging exhobirant price from patients relative.

Investigations revealed that,the vials were allotted by the Karnataka government for a patient at the hospital,but the duo had earlier diverted four vials of Remdesivir allotted to the hospital and has sold a dose of Remdesivir in the range of Rs.30,000 to Rs.40,000,and seized two vials of the medicine from their possession.

Dr Sagar,who is accused in diversion and black marketing case of original Remdesivir was not aware of Fake Remdesivir,as per our preliminary investigation says senior officer.

A case has been registered in Sanjaynagar police station against both the accused under cheating  and drug control Act and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant, has appreciated,Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP North,Dharmendra Kumar Meena ACP,JC Nagar,Sub-Division,Smt.Reena Suvarna PI,Smt.Kathyayini S Alva,PSIs,as,Raghupathi and Lokesh kH,and with whole crime staff who has successfully nabbed the duo who were selling  Remdesivir vials to public Charging exhobirant price 2 vials seized from them and for the exemplary work and commendable job done by the team a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Pramesh Jain

The North Division police of Sanjayanagar police have arrested a gang of three persons who were selling fake Remdesivir injection vials to the kin of Covid-19 patients by charging exhobirant price.

The accused has been identified as,Muniraju,30, resident of Nagawara,Ravikumar N,36,year old resident of Mysuru road,Krishna,31,resident of kamakshipalya.

Senior officer,told Media persons,our Sanjaynagar police station sub inspector Lokesh,received a credible information that a gang of three persons are waiting near Hopcoms in 80 feet road and are indulged in selling the antiviral drug by charging exhobirant price.

Based on information,PSI,Lokesh and team swung into action and rushed to the spot and after reaching the spot the team kept a close watch on their movements and when the suspects were seen fixing a deal with customer to sell the Remdesivir vials.

The team apprehended them for detailed questioning during the interrogation the accused confessed the crime and under the able guidance of ACP JC Nagar Sub-Division,Smt Reena Suvarna,PI,Smt.Kathyayini Alva and her team grilled the accused who revealed that it was a fake Remdesivir vials.

A detailed investigation by Sanjayanagar police have succeeded in seizing 9 Vials and the two-wheeler,and when the accused were further interrogated,the accused were taken to the Sri Venkateswara Hospital on Hosur Road to collect more information and Krishna,a housekeeping manager at the Mathru Hospital.

The three accused revealed how they used to cheat people as they used to collect the empty vials from hospitals,fill it with NS/Saline solution and stick the cap with transparent glue.They used to scout for attendant of patients and sale it for 24K-30K each.

A detailed investigation by the team it has revealed that the accused,Ravikumar,has previously worked as a ward boy at Victoria, Apolo,Ramakrishna Hospital and Sri Venkateswara Hospital.Krishna,has worked as a wardboy at Apollo,Ramakrishna,Lilavati,Victoria and Sri Venkateswara hospitals and currently works as a housekeeping manager at Mathru Hospital so he used to collect the empty bottles.

The team has seized 9 bottles of Remdesivir which is a fake Remdesivir injection vials, mobile phones and vehicle too has been seized from their possession to investigate further all the accused has been booked under Drug control Act and cheating and forgery act and further investigation is on.

Covid Must be crazy so as these miscreants Remdesivir Blackmarketing nailed and Fake Remdesivir being sold for 25 to 30k.Be aware.Your ignorance is their Asset.Don’t panic. All that is in vial are not Remdesivir.With the guidance of our DCP North Dharmendra Sir.and my Sanjaynagar PI Kathyayini Alva and team.
My Police My Pride.Humanity triumphs.@DCPNorthBCP @CPBlr @BlrCityPolice @sanjayanagarps @BSBommai tweeted by ACP, JC Nagar Sub-Division,Smt Reena Suvarna.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant, has appreciated,Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP North,Dharmendra Kumar Meena ACP,JC Nagar,Sub-Division,Smt.Reena Suvarna PI,Smt.Kathyayini S Alva,PSIs,as,Raghupathi and Lokesh and with whole crime staff who has successfully nabbed the gang who were selling Fake Remdesivir spurious remdesivir vials to public and  the team successfully seized 9 fake Remdesivir vials from them for the exemplary work and commendable job done by them a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

The BJP has failed to protect the interests of the people, Opposition Leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah said here on Monday. Addressing Congress workers in KGF, Bangarpet and Malur, where the party distributed provision kits to the needy, he said although experts alerted the government regarding the second wave, the government did not take any action. Siddaramaiah said the government should have increased ventilators, beds and oxygen facilities, but had completely failed in all respects, leading to hundreds of deaths every day.

There are no beds in any hospitals in Bengaluru or any city in Karnataka, and the State government should take responsibility for this failure, he added.

KPCC President DK Shivakumar said it is unfortuante that there is a scam in bed allotment, besides differences of opinion among BJP leaders, but in this time of crisis, the government should take up work on a war footing.

Chaos at meet

There was some confusion at the Congress meeting, where the leaders had insisted on following Covid norms like social distancing, and limited the number of participants at KGF City Municipality Ground. Former KUDA chairman, Congress leader Jayapal attempted to enter the ground with his supporters. Though police did not allow him, he managed to come in later and showed his displeasure to senior leaders.

Mangaluru: Two persons have died and three crew members have gone missing in the tug boat-capsize in the sea, said Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) on Sunday.

The boat ‘Alliance’ capsized on Saturday.

Three people out of eight on board the boat have reached the shore and been put under the care of the authorities, said general manager (corporate communications) of MRPL, which had contracted the boat, Rudolph Noronha said in a statement.

Also, he clarified that another tug vessel Coromandel, which came under distress off the Kaup coast in Udupi district also on Saturday, does not belong to MRPL and it does not have any contract with the company.

Alliance belonged to Underwater Service Company Limited.

The company assists us under a contract to facilitate SPM (single- point mooring) operations whenever our crude cargo comes there through ships. On Friday, it had unloaded the cargo from one such ship and was supposed to return by the end of the day.

However, it started to move towards the port after due clearance on Saturday and underwent distress, the statement said.

MRPL has received information that there were eight people on board at the time of the mishap.

While three have survived by reaching shore, two have died and their bodies been recovered, the statement said.

The remaining three crew members are missing and details of communication with port and rescue operations shall be updated, Noronha said in the statement.

Bengaluru: Karnataka has reported 31,531 new cases of COVID-19 and 403 fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 22,03,462 and deaths to 21,837 so far, the Health Department said here on Sunday.

The day also saw 36,475 patients getting discharged.

Out of the 31,531 fresh cases, 8,344 were from Bengaluru Urban alone.

As of May 16 evening, cumulatively 22,03,462 positive cases have been confirmed in the State, which include 21,837 deaths and 15,81,457 who got discharged, the department said in its bulletin.

The total number of active cases stood at 6,00,147.

While the positivity rate for the day stood at 27.84 per cent, case fatality rate (CFR) was at 1.27 per cent.

Of the 403 deaths, 143 were from Bengaluru Urban. Ballari saw 26, Uttara Kannada (24), Hassan (18), Bengaluru Rural (17), Mandya (15), Shivamogga (14) followed by others.

Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 8,344, Tumakuru 2,138, Mysuru 1,811, Belagavi 1,762, Ballari 1,729, Hassan 1,182 and Davangere 1,155 followed by others.

Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases with a total of 10,51,058 followed by Mysuru 1,12,127 and Tumakuru 81,479.

Among those discharged, Bengaluru Urban topped with 6,80,194, Mysuru 96,281 and Ballari 54,991.

A total of over 2,78,79,697 samples have been tested so far out of which 1,13,219 were tested today.

Bengaluru, : With Cyclone Tauktae wreaking havoc in the coastal districts of the state, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday asked district in-charge Ministers and Deputy Commissioners to visit affected areas and carry out rescue and relief works.

Yediyurappa on Sunday called Ministers incharge of coastal districts and Deputy Commissioners there and took stock of the situation there, his office said in a statement.

It said, the chief minister asked them to visit and carry out relief and rescue works in the areas affected by the cyclone which has come amidst the COVID pandemic.

The Chief Minister has directed the officials to call the Ministers concerned or him directly if in need of any emergency assistance from the state government, it added.

According to the Karnataka Disaster Management Authority heavy to extremely heavy rainfall was observed over the state mainly, in coastal and Malnad districts during last night.

More than 64.5 mm (heavy) rainfall was observed in 286 locations from 08:30 AM on May 15 to 6:45 AM on May 16 in the state, it said.

Widespread heavy to extremely heavy rains were observed in 8 districts including Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Shivamogga, Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru, it added.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned light to moderate rainfall at most places, with heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places in the coastal and adjoining ghat districts of the state on Sunday.

State’s Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Saturday had said the effect of the cyclone is likely to be there till May 18 and had warned fishermen not to venture into the sea till then.

District administrations have been ordered to shift people from low lying areas, he had said, eight relief camps have been set up in three districts that can accommodate about 10,000 people where food and other basic amenities will be made available.

Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai had said, around 1,000 trained personnel from fire force, police, coastal police, home guards, SDRF have been deployed in the three coastal districts and they will work with coordination in rescue and relief operations, also NDRF teams have also been roped in.