Over 2k people in Mumbai fell victim to fake vaccination drives: Maha govt

More than 2000 people have fallen victim to fake Covid19 vaccination camps in Mumbai so far the Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on ThursdayThe state governments counsel chief public prosecutor Deepak Thakare told the court that at least nine fake camps had been held in the city till now and four separate FIRs registered in this connection The state government also submitted before a bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni a status report on the ongoing probeThe state also said that the police had recorded the statements of 400 witnesses so far and the investigators were in the process of finding the whereabouts of a doctor who was an accused in the incident that took place at a housing society in suburban Kandivli where one such camp was heldAlso Read NESCO centre data entry official held for fake vaccination scam at Mumbai collegeAt least 2053 people fell victim to these fake vaccination camps Four FIRs have been registered in relation to these camps While some accused persons have been identified several unknown persons too have been booked in these FIRs Thakare saidWhile the bench accepted the states report it said that the state and municipal authorities must in the meanwhile take measures to get the victims tested for any illeffects caused by fake vaccines Our anxiety is what happens to these people who were vaccinated What were they administered and what is the effect of this fake vaccine the court asked questioning the contents of the fake vaccinesThe bench also took exception to the fact that the state government was yet to come up with specific guidelines for vaccination camps organised by private housing societies offices etc despite an order of the court passed earlier this month This is very very urgent We had expected the state would come up with SOPs immediately Time is of essence here you state cant delay the court saidThe bench also asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC to inform the court about what it proposed to do to check the adverse effects on the health of victims of the nine fake vaccination camps To this the BMCs counsel senior advocate Anil Sakhre said the civic body was also conducting its own probe into the incidentsWe have realised that vaccination certificates were not given to the victims on the same day that they were administered the fake vaccines Later certificates were issued using the names of three different hospitals That is how people realised something was wrong Sakhre saidThese hospitals however said they had not provided the vials used in these camps We have also written to the Serum Institute of India he said The high court has directed the BMC and the state government to file their affidavits responding to the courts queries and directions by June 29 the next date of hearingThis 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