7 held for selling black fungus drug in black in Pune, 22 injections seized

Police have arrested seven people, including a nursing staff of a government hospital in Karnataka, for allegedly selling injections needed for treatment of Mucormycosis in the black market in Pune's Pimpri-Chinchwad. Probe revealed that these injections were being illegally procured and sold without any prescription. As many as 22 vials worth ₹1.44 lakh were seized on Thursday, police stated.