Two Karachi men held for running corona vaccination racket

KARACHI: Karachi police on Sunday arrested two men for running a coronavirus vaccination racket in the port city.

Karachi Zone South police chief DIG Javed Akbar Riaz said the two men, who were arrested from the city's Defence Phase-2, in their statement, claimed to have support from government institutions. "The suspects sold vaccines from Rs15,000-17,000 and would also administer it to people at their homes," the police official said, adding they had recovered vaccines and vaccination cards from the suspects.

The police official said the arrested suspects did not have the required approval from relevant authorities for inoculations or vaccine distribution. "The suspects are being interrogated further," he said.