New Delhi: As many as 1,710 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were stolen from the PPC centre at Civil Hospital in Haryana’s Jind district, officials said on Thursday.
“1270 of Covishield and 440 of Covaxin have been stolen from PPC centre. Some important files have also been stolen,” said an official from the centre.
Centre’s incharge said, “I’ll also check our main store that keeps supply for the entire district. I’ll also inform officials.”
In an interesting turn of events, police claims that an unidentified man came to a tea stall and gave a bag to an old man. 1,710 stolen doses of Covid vaccines were recovered from the bag.
At 12:30 pm, an unidentified man came to a tea stall and gave a bag to an old man. 1,710 stolen doses of Covid vaccines were recovered from the bag. The probe is underway. No arrest has been made yet: Jiytender Khatkar, DSP, Jind#Haryana pic.twitter.com/nsujQhk6kS
— ANI (@ANI) April 22, 2021
Till now no arrest has been made and the probe is underway.
