Karnataka police arrest four Keralites with fake RTPCR
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According to police, four individuals from Kerala were arrested on Friday for submitting fake RT-PCR reports when they entered the state through the Chamarajanagar district.
An FIR was filed against the accused by Gundlupet police for producing fake Covid reports in Moolehole Check-post, which is within the jurisdiction of Bandipur Tiger Sanctuary, which borders Kerala.
Four individuals from Kozhikode, Kerala, have been arrested in connection with the case: Vijay, Jayaprakash, Santhosh, and Vijayan.
They have been booked under IPC Sections 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), 471 (whoever fraudulently or dishonestly uses any document as genuine which he knows or has a reason to believe it to be forged document), 420 (cheating) 34 (criminal act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).
The police said the accused used a single SRFID and took printouts of negative Covid reports at home. The printouts were taken to the Karnataka check-post on Tuesday and brought to the police.
After the documents were verified on Friday, the fraud was revealed and an FIR has been filed. The government has mandated that all persons entering the state from Kerala must possess a negative RT-PCR report.
Police is searching for the accused and is continuing their investigation.