Vaccination Scam in Mumbai : Police Asks BMC to Cancel Shivam Hospital's License

The Mumbai police on Thursday requested Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to cancel the license of Shivam Hospital involved in the fake Covid-19 vaccine camp racket. 

The police have made 13 arrests so far, including Dr Manish Tripathi, Rajesh Pandey and Rahul Dubey for cheating people by administering saline water at a vaccination camp in a Kandivali-based housing society.

According to the police’s investigation, beneficiaries who have been vaccinated through their drives between 25 May to 6 June have been administered saline water. 

Shivam Hospital was trying to acquire 1 lakh vaccine doses but was unable



to successfully procure the shots. Last week, in a pre-arrest bail plea moved before the Dindoshi sessions court, Dr Tripathi has stated that the main accused in the case is Shivam Hospital.

The Mumbai police are trying to protect the hospital’s powerful and politically well-connected owners, stated the plea, moved through lawyer Adil Khatri.

In a complaint to the police, the housing society had alleged that it was apparently cheated by some persons, who had organised a COVID-19 vaccination camp for its members by claiming to represent a private hospital. The residents also expressed fear that the vaccine administered could be spurious.