RT-PCR Mahakumbh scam: Probe report submitted to Haridwar District Magistrate

A large number of devotees from Uttar Pradesh had attended the Haridwar Kumbh Mela. File Pic

Almost two months after the RT-PCR testing scam during the Mahakumbh in Haridwar surfaced, an investigation report has been submitted to Haridwar District Magistrate Vinay Shankar Pandey.

On June 12, an inquiry committee, led by Chief Development officer Saurabh Gaharwar was formed by the state government to probe the alleged Covid-19 testing scam during the Mahakumbh in March-April. The committee was told to submit the investigation report within 15 days but it was submitted after two months.
According to information from the Haridwar administration in its 120-page investigation report attached with 2,500 documents, the committee has reported many irregularities in the Covid-19 testing during the Kumbh.

The investigating team called up all mobile numbers registered against the one lakh RTPCR conducted during the Mahakumbh. After verification of all the mobile numbers, the team reportedly found that thousands of numbers are fake. The statements of accused lab operators, including 23 sector in-charges of Kumbh Mela,
have been recorded.

After the scam was busted in June, former Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had demanded a judicial inquiry.

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