Kumbh Covid test fraud: Report points to officials’ role
MS Nawaz TNN
Haridwar:15.08.2021
Delayed by a month and a half, the report of the three-member committee to investigate how close to one lakh fake Covid test results popped up during the Maha Kumbh in Haridwar was finally submitted to the Haridwar district magistrate on Saturday. The 2,400-page report, sources said, speaks of the “role” played by the Kumbh Mela health department and district health officials who were responsible for supervising Covid tests conducted during the congregation.
A district administration source told TOI, “The role of Mela health department and district health department has surfaced in the scam. It was a well-planned conspiracy which could have been stopped had the departments done what they should have.” TOI had earlier reported that the Special Investigation Team probing the scam was looking into the role Haridwar chief medical officer Dr SK Jha may have played. It was under his watch that the “fake” tests were conducted by the agencies.
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