A nurse who stunned an elderly couple in Hyderabad with a fake Covid vaccine and stole 80 grams of gold jewelery from them has been arrested, police said on Monday.
The incident took place on Saturday in Lalitha Nagar near the border of Meerpet police station of the Rachakonda police commissioner.
The accused Anusha was arrested on Sunday, within hours after the couple filed a police complaint.
K. Laxman, 80, a retired government employee and his wife Kasturi, 70, complained to police Saturday night that the nurse had cheated on them in the name of Covid’s vaccination.
Anusha, who is undergoing a Nursing Assistant Midwifery (ANM) course at a private college and was previously a tenant near Laxman’s home, approached the couple with an offer to arrange the doses of Covid vaccines for them. When they agreed to take it, she came to their house on Saturday at 3pm and gave one dose each to Laxman and Kasturi.
“Before she gave the jab, she told us we would be sleepy for a while. We do not know what happened after that, but when we woke up late at night, we found that we had been robbed,” said Kasturi.
Kasturi realizes that her mangalsutra, gold ring, earrings and tone rings, all weighing eight tola, are missing.
The couple immediately approached the Meerpet police station and lodged a complaint. Police took up the investigation and cracked the case with the arrest of Anusha.
Police investigations revealed that Anusha and her husband knew the victims, as they had previously lived on rent in their neighborhood. The young couple later moved to another area.
The accused and her husband apparently experienced financial difficulties and she decided to target the old couple because they lived alone.
Police have advised people not to believe those who promise to prescribe Covid vaccine as the vaccine is not available in the open market and only the health authorities are authorized to administer the vaccine. At this stage, the vaccine is only given to health workers and frontline workers from different departments who are tackling the pandemic.
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