Woman injects fake COVID-19 vaccine to family members and escapes with gold

A woman from Tamil Nadu allegedly administered sedatives in the name of the COVID-19 vaccine to her aunt and her family before robbing her jewellery. The 26-year-old woman fled with gold jewels weighing 19 sovereigns from her family members after she administered the 'fake' vaccine. The accused woman was identified as V Sathyapriya. Sathyapriya was a resident of Keezhkudikaadu village in Kunnam taluk of Perambalur district. The accused works at an online marketing agency in Perambalur. On Thursday, the accused visited her aunt K Rasathi, a resident of Lakkor village near Ramanatham in Cuddalore. During this time, the accused asked Rasathi if she could administer the COVID-19 vaccine to her, her husband and two daughters. Rasathi agreed and administered sedatives to the family in the name of the vaccine, The Times of India reported. 

Soon after, Rasathi, her husband Krishnamoorthy and their daughters K Krithinga and K Monika lost consciousness. When the family woke up the next morning, they noticed that Rasathi's six-sovereign mangalsutra, Krithiga's 10-sovereign mangalsutra, 1-sovereign chain and Monika's 2-sovereign chain were missing. The family then approached the cops and lodged a complaint with the Ramanatham police. The police launched an investigation and traced the woman. During the interrogation, the woman confessed to administering sedatives to the family and fleeing with jewellery. The police recovered the stolen jewellery and booked the 26-year-old woman under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).