KOLKATA: A 40-year-old man, Mithun Mondal, was arrested from Rupnagar in Sonarpur on Saturday for allegedly vaccinating more than 40 people possibly with vials he stole from Moshut sub-health centre where he was working as vaccine coordinator.
After complaints from some people that they had neither received a message nor a certificate after they were vaccinated, cops posed as recipients at the vaccination camp held by Mondal and caught him red handed.
Mondal, who lives in a rented house in Rupnagar, reportedly held four such camps and charged recipients Rs 500 per jab. “We are compiling a list of recipients and checking the health status,” said a health department official. The health department will also check their antibody status to ascertain whether genuine vaccines were administered.
Initial probe revealed Mondal stole one vial against 100 and vaccinated people in his locality. Cops got in touch with the health department to run a medico-legal probe into it.
The panel led by chief medical officer (health) Diamond Harbour Debasis Roy seized vaccine logs from the health centre. Baruipur SP Vaibav Tiwari said, “We recovered two vials and a few syringes and needles from the accused. He was produced in court and was remanded in police custody.”
