Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday reacted to the alleged fraudulent Covid vaccination drive scam conducted at Hiranandani Heritage Club in Kandivali. The minister said,"Let police conduct a probe. Housing societies should take NOCs from BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). It's on private housing societies and government to ensure that vaccination teams that are coming are legitimate.
Mumbai Police have arrested five persons in connection with the allegedly fraudulent Covid vaccination drive conducted at Hiranandani Heritage Club in Kandivali (West) late in May.
It has also come to light that the circular issued by the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on May 7, 2021 regarding the guidelines to be followed by the housing societies for vaccination was not complied with and no permission was sought from the concerned for organizing the vaccination.
Overall, it has been revealed that this type of vaccination was done in a fake manner. Not only this, it has also been pointed out that fake certificates have been issued by stealing the user ID and password to issue the vaccination certificates and the suspected vaccine has been obtained in an unauthorized manner.
Those arrested include: Mahendra Kuldeep Singh, 39, Sanjay Gupta, 25, Chandan Singh, 32, Karim Akber Ali, 21 and Nitin More, 32.
The Mumbai Police are now probing whether the same group or other unauthorized persons have conducted similar illegal vaccination camps in other housing complexes.