He deceived the authorities to stand in line at the vaccination centers. In less than a year, the 84-year-old Indian Brahmadev Mandal took twelve doses of the coronary vaccine to feel, as he said, stronger.
The retired postman also claimed that he was relieved of the pain he had in his knee and suffered for 8 years.
By falsifying the identities of other citizens, the elderly Indian made an appointment to be vaccinated at various vaccination centers. Until he got into a fight with the police.
The 84-year-old resident of Bihar faces a host of accusations, as reported by the "Nationalpost" newspaper.
"He had booked dates at different vaccination centers. In fact, he had made two doses of the coronary vaccine with a difference of half an hour last April ", the relevant publication states.
"We have already found evidence that he administered eight doses of the vaccine in four areas," Indian surgeon Amarendra Pratap Sazi told the BBC.
Mandal, who "kept handwritten" notes on the dates, times and area of the vaccination center, claimed to have given 11 doses of the vaccine between February and December 2021.
He made the twelfth installment on January 4, according to the police authorities based on what he testified.
The "vaccine champion" against Covid also stressed that he wanted to feel stronger and claimed that the vaccines relieved him once and for all of the joint pain.