Act of 'distorted mind', says Kolkata police chief on fake vaccination case
Kolkata, Jun 25: Kolkata Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra on Friday said that the organisation of fake Covid-19 vaccination camps by a man pretending to be an IAS officer is an act of a "distorted mind".
Debanjan Deb, a 28-year-old man who held several camps where around 2000 people were suspected to have been inoculated, was arrested earlier this week.
"What Debanjan has done is very inhuman. It can only be done by one with mental distortion," Mitra told reporters.
After inaugurating a vaccination camp in the city, the police commissioner said that the matter is being investigated.
The police arrested Deb on Wednesday for allegedly posing as an IAS officer and organising a COVID-19 vaccination camp in Kasba area, where actor and Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty had also got her jab.
Chakraborty, who was invited to attend the camp, said she became suspicious about the vaccination process as she did not receive the customary SMS that is sent to people after they are administered a dose, and informed the police.
During a search in her office, police seized several vials of an antibiotic injection used for a number of bacterial infections, and other items which were sent for tests.
It was also found that fake labels of Covaxin were pasted on the vials of Amikacin injections.
On what could be the purpose of Deb in holding such free camps, a senior Kolkata Police official said it is yet to be known but he might have political connections that helped him in organising those camps.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has started spotting people who have taken Covid vaccines from his camps.
Deb used to introduce himself as a joint commissioner of the KMC and travel in a large car with the logo of the state government.
The police found "forged seals and papers" of the KMC from Deb's office.
It was also revealed during the investigation that the arrested man opened several bank accounts in the names of senior KMC officials using fake documents.
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We received request; will decide soon whether to support TVK: Thirumavalavan
Chennai (PTI): VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan on Thursday said that his party received a request from TVK for support and the high-level committee of his party will decide whether to support the Vijay-led party to form the government.
The TVK won 108 seats in the 234-member Assembly and emerged as the single largest party. Vijay will have to resign from one of the two constituencies he has won.
Though the Congress party, which has five MLAs, has extended support to TVK, the actor-politician-led party was still short of as many seats to touch the magic number of 118, the majority mark in the 234-member House.
"We received the request letter from TVK. We are thankful for that. We have not ignored his (Vijay's) request. We have a procedure. Therefore, our party's high-level committee will decide soon. We are going to discuss the merits and demerits of our position," the VCK leader told reporters here.
With regard to the delay in the governor's call to the TVK, which is the single largest party, to form the government, Thirumavalavan requested the governor to invite Vijay to form the government. "It is a constitutional right and people's verdict," he added.
Asserting that the governor cannot say that Vijay should hold 118 MLAs' support now itself to form the government, he said that after taking over power, Vijay has to prove an absolute majority only on the floor of the Assembly.
