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ED searches in several states in Kumbh Covid-19 testing scam case
Updated On: 06 August, 2021 12:00 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Explaining the modus operandi used by these labs, an official said that these labs used a single mobile number or false mobile number or single address or same specimen referral form (SRF) for multiple persons for showing the inflated numbers of Covid-19 testing without actually doing the testing

A sadhu wearing a facemask takes a holy dip in the Ganga during Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar on April 12, 2021. Pic/AFP
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said that it is carrying out searches at several locations in Delhi, Uttarakhand's Dehradun and Haridwar, and Haryana's Hisar in connection with the fake Covid-19 testing scam during the Kumbh Mela at Haridwar earlier this year.
An ED official said that the financial probe agency is carrying out searches at the office premises of Novus Path Labs, DNA Labs, Max Corporate Services, Dr Lal Chandani Labs Pvt Ltd, and Nalwa Laboratories Pvt Ltd and residential premises of their Directors at Dehradun, Haridwar, Delhi, Noida, and Hisar in connection with the case.
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