Puri: A man has been arrested for running a fake COVID-19 testing laboratory at Kakatpur in Puri district. The laboratory has also been sealed, Puri district police informed in a tweet Friday. The accused has been identified as Prakash Das.
According to a source, Das had been running the laboratory for last couple of days. He had been testing and issuing false COVID-19 negative and positive reports to some gullible people. Acting on a tip-off, a team from Kakatpur police station conducted a raid on the laboratory and arrested Das. The cops also seized two COVID antigen test kits and other incriminating documents. As of now, the lab has been sealed.
✅ 𝗙𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 by Kakatpur Police
✅ 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱.
✅ 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱.
✅ 𝟮 𝗥𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱. @DGPOdisha @odisha_police @cmo_odisha @SRC_Odisha @SecyChief @Puri_Official pic.twitter.com/neAfFAHsbJ— Puri Police (@SPPuri1) May 7, 2021
Corruption by unscrupulous people has increased during the pandemic across India. While some are dealing in black marketing of life-saving drugs, there are others who are hoarding oxygen cylinders and selling those at exorbitant rates. Earlier also there had been reports of fake reports and labs operating clandestinely.
PNN