Security guard booked for selling tokens at vaccine centre

Rajkot: A security guard posted at the Ambedkarnagar urban health centre (UHC) of Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) was booked for selling vaccination tokens for Rs 100. Ambedkarnagar UHC falls under the West Zone of RMC.
The accused identified as Yunus Sumra was booked based on a complaint filed by RMC medical officer Bhavin Mehta with the Malviya Nagar police station on Friday.
According to the complaint, health workers and citizens above the age of 45 years do not need to register online for vaccination. They can walk into the vaccination centre where they will be given tokens based on which they are called in for taking the vaccine shots. RMC has allocated 200 shots per day for each vaccination site.
Sumra was hired by a private security firm and was assigned the responsibility for distributing tokens. He was found charging Rs 100 per token from two citizens. He was booked under IPC sections 406, 408 and Disaster Management Act.
According to sources, this was not the only case, similar practice was in force at other vaccination centres too.