POLICE SUMMON KANIKA KAPOOR

A DAY AFTER BOLLYWOOD singer Kanika Kapoor explained the controversies regarding her having tested Covid-19 positive last month, the Lucknow Police have pasted a notice at her house, asking her to record her statement.

Kanika has been charged under IPC Section 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and Section 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of the IPC. Deepak Kumar Singh, ACP, Krishna Nagar said that the singer will have to come to the police station and give her written statement. Further action will be taken after this.

Kanika had taken to Instagram on Sunday to express her gratitude to the health workers who treated her. She also wrote that several stories were doing the rounds and she was fully aware and knew that some information has been misrepresented. According to Kanika, she arrived in Mumbai on March 10 from the UK, and at that time no advisory had been issued that required her to quarantine herself.

“I travelled from UK to Mumbai on March 10 and was duly screened at the international airport. I travelled to Lucknow the following day on March 11 to see my family. There was no screening set up for domestic flights. On March 14 and 15, I attended a friend’s lunch and dinner. There was no party hosted by me and I was in absolute normal health. I had symptoms on March 17 and 18, so I requested to be tested,” the singer said in a statement on Twitter.

The singer also mentioned that she’s been home for 21 days and thanked doctors and medical staff for “taking care of her during a very emotionally testing time”.

She pointed out that all the people she had interacted with in the UK, Mumbai and Lucknow are healthy and their reports have also come up negative.