An Aurangabad resident has approached Bombay High Court seeking compensation of Rs 1,000 crore from the Maharashtra government, Centre and Serum Institute of India claiming his daughter, a medical student, died due to side effects of the Covishield vaccine that she was administered in January last year.Also Read - Pfizer, BioNTech Seek Emergency Approval Of Covid-19 Vaccine For Kids Under 5 Years Of Age

Petitioner Dilip Lunawat, who filed the plea before the principal bench of HC last week, claimed his daughter Snehal, a medical student in Nashik, was administered both doses of the vaccine as part of the state government’s initiative to vaccinate all health care workers. The plea said Snehal was assured the Covid-19 vaccine was completely safe, and posed no risk or threat to the body, and ”was, therefore, compelled to take vaccine at the college since she was a health worker”.