Jharkhand: Two held over issuing fake covid report to mid day meal scam accused

Ranchi: The police on Monday arrested two people including a data operator at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) microbiology department here for issuing a fake covid test report to an accused in a mid-day meal scam involving over Rs 100 crores.

"In this regard, arrests have been made for issuance of fake covid reports to Sanjay Kumar Tiwari who is also an accused in an ED case," a police official said.

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It has to be noted that Tiwari is accused in the ED case pertaining to a mid-day meal scam involving over Rs 100 crores. Earlier on Saturday a special Prevention of Money laundering act (PMLA) court in Ranchi issued a warrant against Tiwari for failing to surrender before the court in a matter. As per court proceedings, he also used a false covid report to avoid appearing before the court.

Enforcement Directorate in its official statement dated 4.2.2022 stated that it had filed a filed Prosecution Complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) before the (PMLA) Special Court, Ranchi against Tiwari.

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ED is conducting investigations into the money laundering aspect of this matter. (with ANI inputs)

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