Mumbai Housing Society Says It Was Scammed Into A Fake Vaccine Drive

The society, Hiranandani Heritage Residents Welfare Association (HHRWA), has sought an investigation into the matter.

A housing society in Mumbai's Kandivali area has complained to police that it was apparently cheated by some persons who organized a COVID-19 vaccination camp for its members by claiming to represent a private hospital, and the vaccine that was administered could be spurious. The society, Hiranandani Heritage Residents Welfare Association (HHRWA), has sought an investigation into the matter. A vaccination camp was arranged by the residential complex on May 30. But later it found that the Co-WIN portal did not have any record of the people who participated and they received certificates in the name of different hospitals, it said. "If the vaccine is found to be spurious, the people who got vaccinated will have a medical emergency to deal with. Therefore, there is an urgent need to investigate the whole episode so that such fraudulent activities are not repeated at other places," the complaint said.