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Debarshi Dasgupta India Correspondent In New Delhi, Debarshi Dasgupta
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An Indian Member of Parliament is among thousands of unsuspecting individuals who fell victim to a spate of fake vaccination camps that have exploited the heightened demand for Covid-19 jabs in the country in recent weeks.
Held in Mumbai, Thane and Kolkata, these camps have shocked a country that just a few weeks ago had seen scammers profit during a calamitous second wave of infection by selling fake medicine and even fire extinguishers that were passed off as oxygen cylinders.
