The main accused in the fake vaccination scam, Dr Shivraj Pataria, owner of Charkop-based Shivam Hospital, tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to GT Hospital. Pataria and his team of scamsters are accused of giving fake vaccinations to over 3,000 people in Mumbai and Thane.

Pataria ran the hospital with his wife, Nita, also an accused. Nita and other accused — Mahendra Singh, Dr Manish Tripathi, Rajesh Pandey, Rahul Dube, Shrikant Mane, Seema Ahuja, Anurag Tripathi, Sanjay Gupta, Chandan Singh, Gudiya Yadav, Karim Ali and Nitin Mode, have tested negative for COVID-19. All 14 were remanded to police custody on July 15.