Fake COVID testing scam at Kumbh: Uttarakhand High Court grants protection to accused

The court asked the agency to cooperate with the investigating agencies. It asked the accused to appear before the investigation officer on Friday.

New Delhi: The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday (June 23) granted protection to executives of Max Corporate Services from arrest in the case related to the fake COVID-19 testing scam at Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. The court asked the agency to cooperate with the investigating agencies. It asked the accused to appear before the investigation officer on Friday. The Haridwar police had filed an FIR under several sections of the IPC, the Disaster Management Act and the Epidemic Diseases Act against Max Corporate Services and two ICMR-accredited labs - Nalwa Laboratories and Dr Lal Chandani Labs Limited - for allegedly conducting around one lakh fake COVID-19 tests during Kumbh Mela.