Five people, including two Union Health Ministry staff, have been arrested for allegedly duping people of ₹15 crore on the pretext of getting them work-related orders for transportation of Covid vaccines to different States, police said on Sunday.
Hermenn Sabherwal, 43, Govind Tulsian, 52, Diprana Tiwari, 32, Trilok Singh, 53, and Mrityunjoy Roy, 44, were nabbed by the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police, they said.
Police said Mr. Singh is employed as a Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) at the Health Ministry on a permanent basis while Mr. Tiwari is also an MTS but on a contract basis.
