: Kumbh Covid testing fraud: Non-bailable warrants issued against owners of private agency, lab #IndiaNEWS A court in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district on Saturday issued non-bailable warrants against

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Kumbh Covid testing fraud: Non-bailable warrants issued against owners of private agency, lab #IndiaNEWS
A court in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district on Saturday issued non-bailable warrants against the owners of a private agency and a laboratory allegedly involved in a fraud related to Covid-19 testing at this year’s Kumbh Mela, PTI reported. The Kumbh Mela took place in Haridwar between April 1 and April 30. Lakhs of pilgrims had participated in the festival despite a huge surge in Covid-19 cases in India during the time.A Noida-based private agency called Max Corporate Services had been given the contract to test devotees for coronavirus at the annual festival. The agency then outsourced the work to Nalwa Labs in Haryana’s Hisar district and Delhi’s Lalchandani Labs, according to PTI. These three firms, along with two others, have been accused of making fake entries and generating bogus bills though they hardly conducted any tests, PTI reported. A special investigation team is conducting an inquiry into the scam. In June, the Uttarakhand government had directed the Haridwar district authorities to register a case against the private laboratories.“The warrants [issued on Saturday] are against Sharat Pant [and] Mallika Pant, two partners in Max Corporate Services, and Nalwa Labs’ partner Navtej Nalwa,� an unidentified official from the special investigation team told The New Indian Express.The police have sent teams to Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi...Read more

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