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Gautam Gambhir foundation, MLA found guilty of hoarding COVID drug
The cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir's foundation has been found guilty of illegally buying and distributing COVID medicines without authorization— an offence that carries a punishment of five years in jail.
According to the details, The Delhi drug controller told the High Court that the Gautam Gambhir Foundation along with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Praveen Kumar were "found guilty" of buying and distributing Fabiflu medicines to COVID-19 patients without a license.
Shortly after the details of the hearing appeared, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP Gautam Gambhir mentioned freedom icon, Bhagat Singh, in a tweet in which he can be sensed as he held firmly to his version that he has done nothing wrong and will continue to do what he could for the public good.
"I am a man and all that affects mankind concerns me - Sardar Bhagat Singh!", he tweeted.
The drug controller told the Delhi High Court that action would be taken "without delay" against the foundation. The court also reprimanded Mr Gambhir for his statement that he would continue to do such work.
The high court is hearing a petition that seeks an FIR on allegations that politicians procured Covid medicines in huge quantities and distributed them while patients were struggling to access them.
In April, the MP’s foundation offered free Fabiflu in Mr Gambhir constituency that had reflected a backlash.
The BJP MP has emphatically denied any wrongdoing. During the hearings, the Delhi Police told the court that Mr Gambhir had bought 2,628 strips of Fabiflu using the prescription of a doctor.
Of these, 2,343 strips were distributed to patients and the rest deposited with the Delhi government's health facility.