Rajasthan CM Seeks Life Imprisonment For Those Found Involved In Fake COVID19 Vaccination
The Chief Minister's remarks come from the backdrop of Mumbai's Kandivali COVID-19 vaccination fraud case
Mumbai: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said the Center should impose life imprisonment for those found involved in manufacturing or administering fake COVID-19 vaccines.
The Chief Minister’s remarks come from the backdrop of Mumbai’s Kandivali COVID-19 vaccination fraud case.
“The reports of fake vaccination drives in Mumbai are worrying. Earlier, there were reports of fake Remdesivir being administered at many places. Such gangs are playing with people’s lives. The central government should immediately bring an ordinance and make provision for life imprisonment for such criminals,” Gehlot tweeted.
Gehlot said that the Centre should ensure that private hospitals procure vaccines through the government. “Dr. MC Mishra, the former director of AIIMS, has also advised (people) to get vaccinated at authorized centres. Everyone should be alert…” he added.
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Recently, four people were arrested in Kandivali for fraudulently organizing a coronavirus vaccination camp in the name of a private hospital and cheating the housing society.
The Hiranandani Heritage Residents Welfare Association (HHRWA), in a complaint to the police, had said that a vaccination camp was arranged by the residential complex on May 30. But later it was found that there was no record of those who were vaccinated. on the co-win portal and they received certificates in the name of various hospitals. The members had also expressed apprehensions that the vaccine administered to them could be spurious.
The society had collectively paid a total of Rs 4.56 lakh to the vaccination camp organizers and each member had paid Rs 1,260 per vaccine.
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