kolkata bjp mla and leader of opposition in west bengal assembly suvendu adhikari has written to union health ministry demanding a probe by central agencies into a fake vaccination drive conducted in the city by a man who allegedly posed as an ias officerin a letter to union health minister dr harsh vardhan the bjp leader alleged that the man who was arrested after his drive was busted by the police have influence in the ruling partyadhikari claimed that debanjan deb the main accused held illegal vaccination camps in kasba amherst street and sonarpur areas under the watch of the local administration including police and civic authoritieshundreds of people have already been inoculated in these campswhile copies of aadhaar cards were procured from the recipients in kasba none of them received any certificate of vaccinationthe big question is were these shots really covishield vaccines as being claimed by the accused if so then this raises a big question on pilferage of covid vaccines from the government stock and this cannot happen without complicity of top civic authorities if these were not covid vaccines then immediate investigation needs to be done adhikari said in the letter on fridaythe kolkata police arrested deb 28 on wednesday for allegedly posing as an ias officer and organising a covid19 vaccination camp in kasba area and formed a special investigation team sit led by the joint police commissioner crimethe sit will investigate how the main accused organised covid19 vaccination camps where around 2000 people were suspected to have administered fake doses a senior officer had saidactor and trinamool congress mp mimi chakraborty who had taken her covid19 vaccine shot at one of the camps set up by deb was the first one to raise the alarm as she did not receive the customary sms that is sent to people after they have taken the jabpublic health frauds like this in the midst of a raging global pandemic are making common people skeptic i sincerely urge you to order a thorough investigation by concerned central agencies into this vaccination fraud and punish the guiltyan impartial investigation by central agencies undaunted by any pressure from the states ruling party or the government is the need of the hour to restore credibility of the entire covid vaccination process in west bengal adhikari wrote to the union health ministerthe incident triggered a political storm after purported photographs and videos of the arrested person along with several tmc leaders and ministers at various programmes came in the public domainpti could not independently verify the authenticity of the photographs or videosadhikari claimed that the main accused held illegal vaccination camps decorated with trademark blue and white balloons characteristic of the tmc government eventswhile kolkata police has reportedly started investigating into the fraud several incriminating photos suggestive of the accuseds influence in the ruling party of west bengal have come to the fore the bjp leader saidthe tmc leadership however denied any involvement in the matteradhikari on friday led a bjp