BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari demands an immediate probe against Kolkata vaccine fraud. He wrote a letter for o Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan over the vaccination camps in Kolkata where fake Covid-19 vaccines were allegedly administered.
He damnded central agencies to investigate the alleged fraud. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader began the letter by taking potshots at the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government.
In an interview with a Bengali daily Suvendu quoted central agencies to investigate the alleged fraud. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader began the letter by taking potshots at the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government. Adhikari also claimed that “In certain places, political affiliation is also being looked into by the ruling party before allowing the vaccines to be administered to eligible priority population even,” He added, “Vaccination coupons are also being reportedly issued by the ruling party like a voter slip,”
He wrote to the Union minister, “The big question is – Were these shots really Covishield vaccines as being claimed by the accused? If so, then this raises a big question on pilferage of Covid vaccines from government stock and this cannot happen without complicity of top civic authorities,” He further added, “If these were not Covid vaccines, then immediate investigation needs to be done as to what was being administered at such a large scale?”
He further emphasised that if people who thought to have been vaccinated died from this medicine or contracted Covid-19 and died from the disease, it would “severely dent the credibility of this historic vaccination drive” being undertaken by your government. “A thorough investigation needs to be done, prioritising public health and safety,” Adhikari demanded.
However, Kolkata Police has arrested Debanjan Deb who was pretending to be an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, for duping thousands of people of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of helping them get tenders of the civic body. It is alleged that Deb used the money to organise fake Covid-19 vaccination camps, pay salary to his employees and rent for the office.
As per the PTI reports, Deb was impersonating as a joint commissioner of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), while lying to his family about being an IAS officer.
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