MUMBAI: Colaba police busted a fake RT-PCR report scam and arrested two persons. The main accused has confessed to selling the Covid-negative reports to those seeking work as cooks and housemaids for Rs1,000. The accused duo, Shantilal Mineria and Devilal Jaat, has been charged under various IPC sections.
The complaint was lodged by Nazim Shahbazkar, the owner of Shahbazkar Diagonistic Centre at Colaba. Investigation revealed Jaat had got himself tested on January 6. He later fudged the report and sold it to Mineria, who was looking for work as a cook. Jaat told the police he made several such reports using editing tools .
