Borivli police took the custody of the accused in the fake vaccination scam case on Tuesday. They are investigating the cases involving Aditya College and Mansi Share & Stock Advisors Pvt Ltd at Shimpoli, where Manish Tripathi, one of the prime accused in the racket, conducted camps with the fake vaccine. They suspect that Manish stored the empty Covishield vials at a commercial space he rented in Kandivli, from where he allegedly ran the racket.

After being produced in court on Tuesday, Shivam Hospital owner Shivraj Pataria and his wife Nita Pataria, Tripathi, Rajesh Pandey and Rahul Dube were officially arrested by Borivli police who got their custody till July 9. The Borivli officers also took into custody the other accused — Sanjay Gupta, Chandan Singh aka Lalit, Gudiya Yadav, Mahendra Singh Seema Ahuja, Shrikant Mane and Anurag Tripathi.