The Kandivli police has identified the main accused, who administered fake vaccine shots to residents of a Kandivli housing society.  The accused, Manish Tripathi, is a doctor, running the KCEP School of Medical and Paramedical Sciences outside Shivam Hospital at Charkop in Kandivli West. Tripathi has been absconding ever since Kandivli Hiranandani Heritage Society lodged a complaint with the police five days ago.

According to the police, Tripathi also locked his classrooms and informed his employees to work from home, until further notice. The accused had used the unique ID and password of a hospital to make valid vaccination certificates for the people he “vaccinated” at the camps. Sources said that Tripathi had access to several CoWin portal IDs and passwords.