Adar Poonawalla Should File Complaint Over Threats: Maharashtra Minister

Adar Poonawalla, who has been in the UK on extended stay to evade alleged threats in India over the ever-increasing demand for COVID-19 vaccines, has said he will return in a few days.

A Maharashtra minister on Monday said Serum Institute of India's CEO Adar Poonawalla should lodge a police complaint in connection with the alleged threats that he has received, and assured the state government will conduct an in-depth probe into it. Mr Poonawalla, who has been in the UK on extended stay to evade alleged threats in India over the ever-increasing demand for COVID-19 vaccines, has said he will return in a few days. In a recent interview to "The Times", Mr Poonawalla alleged that he had been receiving threats in India and that he and his family left the country for London after unprecedented "pressure and aggression" over the demand of COVID-19 vaccines. The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) is producing "Covishield'' - the Oxford/AstraZeneca''s COVID-19 vaccine.