A man has been arrested for allegedly issuing fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates to people for Rs 2,000 in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Thursday.
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Based on a tip-off, a team from the property cell of the Thane police sent a decoy customer and nabbed the accused Asfaque Iftikar Shaikh from Mumbra, senior inspector Anil Honrao said.
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The accused asked the decoy customer to provide his Aadhaar card number, mobile phone number and pay Rs 2,000 to get a certificate without taking the vaccine, he said.Â
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According to the police, several people were obtaining fake certificates without getting vaccinated and endangering lives. An offence has been registered against Shaikh and, a probe has been launched to trace people who were issued fake certificates, the official added.Â
With PTI inputs.
