Three public interest litigations moved by three petitioners seeking court's intervention in the fake vaccine camp case came up for hearing before the division bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Arijit Banerjee on Wednesday.

A lawyer for the state informed the court that the government had initiated a probe and five persons, including key accused Debanjan Deb, had been arrested.

During the hearing, the acting Chief Justice asked how a man could pose as an IAS officer and a joint commissioner of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation, referring to the allegations against Deb.

“How was the person using a blue light atop his car and why did police not take action against him?” the acting Chief Justice asked.

The state’s lawyer sought time till Friday from the court to file a status report on the case.

The court granted the time and scheduled the hearing on the matter for Friday.

According to the police, Deb had masqueraded as an IAS officer and CMC joint commissioner and organised a series of “Covid vaccination camps” in the city without the mandatory approval of the health department. The police suspect that at least some of the recipients were given an antibiotic.