Lagatar24 Network
Ranchi, Nov.18: The Remdesivir black marketing case is likely to be taken over by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a week as it has come to the knowledge of the ED that accused committed money laundering by using a situation arising out of pandemic.
The ED has procured documents from the CID of the state on September 4 and is preparing to register a separate FIR in this connection to probe the money laundering angle. If this happens it will be the first case of its kind in the country, ED sources said.
The probe will focus to ascertain whether Rajiv Singh and Manish Kumar, the two already arrested in this connection, are the only two involved in black marketing or he is part of any syndicate that profited money out of the illegal sale of the medicine.
ED sources said that the situation came after the CID in its charge sheet against Singh and Kumar claimed that the accused made huge money out of the black market.
Remdesivir black marketing hogged the limelight during the second wave of the corona pandemic. The matter was handed over to CID and Jharkhand High Court is monitoring the investigation of the case.
Name of S.P (rural) Naushad Alam had also surfaced in the case but the CID after a probe in the matter did not make him accused. The High Court took strong exception to this and the matter is still being monitored by the court.
