KOLKATA: Leader of opposition in the Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari has written to the Union health minister demanding a thorough probe by central agencies into the Kasba vaccine fraud.
In his letter to Harsh Vardhan, Adhikari held that the fake camps could not have taken place without the complicity of “top civic authorities”.
In support of his argument, Adhikari cited several photos of Kolkata civic administrator Firhad Hakim, senior Trinamool Congress minister Subrata Mukherjee, party MP Santanu Sen and MLA Debasish Kumar with accused Debanjan Das at various KMC vaccination camps.
“The accused has been seen posing with government files or hosting ‘Duare Sarkar’ camps in KMC ward 66,” he said in his letter.
Adhikari also wanted central agencies to find out if the vaccine shots used at these fake camps were indeed Covishield as claimed by the accused.
“If they were not Covishield, then there has to be a probe as to what these shots were,” he said.
Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh complained that Trinamool seniors were trying to pass the blame entirely on the accused.
“How could this fake IAS officer move around with ruling party seniors for so long? Now, when he stands exposed, the KMC administrator and other Trinamool seniors have started claiming that they do not know this person.
This is untenable.
I fear that such fraud vaccine camps have been held elsewhere in the state,” Ghosh said.
BJP and Congress supporters on Saturday demonstrated in front of Kasba Police Station against the vaccine fraud.