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‘Concerned if vaccines were genuine or fake’
Updated On: 21 June, 2021 08:26 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
After Tips, Matchbox Pictures falls prey to vaccination fraud; cops file FIR after 150 employees don’t receive jab certificate even after 10 days
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Ramesh Taurani
Almost three days after Tips head honcho Ramesh Taurani opened up about falling prey to a vaccination racket in Mumbai, it appears that the net of the scam has been cast wide. About 150 employees of Matchbox Pictures, a production house led by Sanjay Routray, were inoculated along with the Tips employees at a private vaccination drive conducted on May 29 and June 3 in Andheri. A fortnight since, as the employees have yet to receive their vaccination certificates, Matchbox Pictures filed a police complaint, following which the Versova police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Sanjay Gupta and Rajesh Pandey of SP Events that organised the programme.
The studio’s spokesperson told mid-day, “Some members of our team and support staff got vaccinated under the drive organised jointly with our production partner, Tips Industries. Our topmost concern currently is to know whether the vaccines given were genuine or fake so that appropriate action can be taken to re-vaccinate them, if required, at the earliest. We are looking forward to clarity in this regard from the investigating authorities.”
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