Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

2 ward boys held for issuing fake Covid-19 negative reports in Maha

- Press Trust of India

THANE: Two ward boys of a civic hospital designated for COVID-19 treatment in Thane city of Maharashtr­a, have been arrested for allegedly issuing fake COVID-19 negative reports, police said on Wednesday.

These ward boys, who were arrested on Tuesday, are contractua­l workers of the hospital run by the Thane Municipal

Corporatio­n (TMC), officials of the Crime Unit-v (Wagle Estate) of the city police said.

They were identified as Afsar Tejpal Mangwana and Sankpal Bhaskar Dhanve, both 34-yearold, police added.

Senior inspector Vikas Ghodke of the crime branch said that based on a complaint that some staff members of the hospital were issuing bogus RT-PCR test reports, the police sent a decoy.

“The accused charged Rs 1,250 for each certificat­e issued on the basis of Aadhaar cards without taking any swab.

The duo used to send unprocesse­d swab sticks to a testing facility, due to which the test reports would come out negative,” he said.

The duo was arrested while handing over fake certificat­es to the decoy sent by the police. The certificat­es were also seized, Ghodke said.

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