On Wednesday evening, August 18, a 21-year-old man has arrested for allegedly black-marketing the Covishield vaccine by the Navi Mumbai Police’s Crime Branch Unit 2 from Nerul.
According to reports, the accused, identified as Kishore Khet Kumar, was found in possession of two vials and 15 syringes of Covishield. A probe has been launched to ascertain where he got the vaccine, said an official.
The police team had received a tip-off that a person was selling each dose of the Covishield vaccine for INR 4,000. After that, the Crime Branch informed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and approached the youth, who was selling the vaccine, through a bogus customer.
A trap was then set up by the police to get their hands on him. The accused was summoned below the Rajiv Gandhi flyover in Nerul Sector 8 on Wednesday evening to vaccinate a bogus customer, police said.
When the accused arrived at 4 pm, he took INR 60,000 for 15 doses as against the Rs 4,000 for a single dose from a bogus customer, police said.
The customer was given a fully filled sealed glass vial of Covishield vaccine and a half-filled non-sealed glass vial as well as 15 sealed packed syringes.
After ascertaining that he was selling it illegally, the accused was booked by the Nerul police station on charges of fraud and cheating and arrested.
After the arrest, the senior police officer said that they are investigating where he got the vaccines and to how many people he has sold the vaccine in this manner.
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