: Kumbh Mela: Two labs accused of conducting fake Covid tests move High Court against FIR #IndiaNEWS Two labs that allegedly conducted fake Covid-19 tests during the Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand in April

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Kumbh Mela: Two labs accused of conducting fake Covid tests move High Court against FIR #IndiaNEWS
Two labs that allegedly conducted fake Covid-19 tests during the Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand in April have approached the state’s High Court to quash the first information report filed against them, the Hindustan Times reported on Monday.The police had last week filed a case against Delhi-based Lalchandani Labs and Nalwa Labs in Haryana’s Hisar district under charges of spreading disease, cheating and criminal conspiracy, and negligence under sections of the Disaster Management Act and the Epidemic Diseases Act. Noida-based Max Corporate Services, which signed contracts with the labs to facilitate and coordinate testing, was also booked.The labs allegedly conducted 1 lakh fake rapid antigen tests during the Kumbh Mela. However, Lalchandani Labs told the Uttarakhand High Court on Monday that it had only done 12,000 tests between April 1 and 26 after signing a memorandum of understanding with Max Corporate Services. The lab also refuted accusations of embezzling crores of rupees.“The labs conducted tests at nominal Rs 206 per test and total bill for these tests was around Rs 24.74 lakh and not crores of rupees reported by media,� the lab said in its petition, according to the Hindustan Times. Meanwhile, Nalwa labs claimed it did not receive any payment from Max for the contract and...Read more

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