Mumbai: Four held for fraudulent Covid-19 vaccination camp at Kandivli housing society

Mumbai police have arrested four persons for allegedly duping a housing society in suburban Kandivli by organising a Covid19 vaccination camp fraudulently in the name of a private hospital an official said on FridayIn a complaint submitted to the police the Hiranandani Heritage Residents Welfare Association HHRWA had said that a vaccination camp was arranged by the residential complex on May 30 But later it found that the CoWIN portal did not have any record of the people who participated and they received certificates in the name of different hospitals The members had also expressed fears that the vaccine administered could be spuriousldquoPolice have arrested four persons who were involved in organising the Covid19 vaccination camp at the housing society Besides them one more person who had procured vaccines for the camp has been detained at a railway station in Madhya Pradesh and a team of Mumbai police bringing him to the cityrdquo Additional Commisioner of Police North Dilip Sawant saidAlso Read Mumbai Did race for credit result in vaccination scam in Kandivli societyIt has also come to light that the members of the racket had organised vaccination camps at nine other places he said adding that the investigation into it is onAccording to another official the incident had come to light after around 390 residents of the housing society located on S V Road got the certificates of three different organizations for getting the jabs through CoWIN appThe vaccination camp was organised at the club house of the society on May 30 and each member had paid Rs 1260 per vaccine he said adding that the society had collectively paid a total of Rs 456 lakh to the camp organisersWhen the vaccinated members asked for vaccination certificate the organiser sought details of the membersHowever after getting certificates of three different organisations a society member who was one of the participants of the drive approached Kandivli police station and filed a complaint against the organisers the official saidldquoThe complaint said that the organisers gave vaccines to the members from the vials whose seals were already removedrdquo he saidBased on the complaint an FIR under sections 268 public nuisance 270 malignant act which is likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life 274 adulteration of drugs 275 sale of adulterated drugs 419 cheating by personation 420 cheating 465 forgery and others as well as relevant sections of IT Act and Epidemic Diseases Act was registered he saidDuring the investigation it came to light that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC had not given permission to organise such a camp and no medical officer was present during the drive the official saidldquoIt also seems that the vaccine used in the camp was not sourced from authorised persons and no Covid19 related norms were followedrdquo he saidAfter a detailed investigation police arrested four persons in the case he said adding that the arrested accused includes a male organiser of the vaccination camp and other persons who had issued fake vaccination certificates after obtaining personal data of the vaccinated membersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever