Gaharwar submitted the report to Haridwar district magistrate Vinay Shankar Pandey on Saturday. A district administration official aware of the development said the report, running into over 1,100 pages, has majorly raised questions over two senior health department officials on handing the contract to Max Corporate Services, which further let sub-contracts to various testing laboratories. While attempts to contact Mela health officer Dr Arjun Sengar went unanswered, Haridwar CMO Dr SK Jha refused to comment on the report. “As far as Max Corporate Services is concerned, I had already stated that its application was rejected for conducting Covid-19 tests in Mahakumbh as it was not listed by the Indian Medical Research Council,” Jha said. Allegations of fake testing surfaced at the Kumbh after a Faridkot resident complained to the authorities that he received a message for collecting his Covid-19 report despite never having been tested.

Source: Hindustan Times August 14, 2021 22:07 UTC