Manipur Lady Fined For Flying With Fake RT-PCR Report

A 21 year old lady in Manipur’s Thoubal district has been fined for travelling with a fake Covid-19 negative test report.

As per official order by Thoubal District Magistrate N Bandana Devi on Monday, Wangkhem Rabina Devi arrived from Hyderabad to Imphal on April 22 by IndiGo flight via Kolkata using a fake RT-PCR negative report.

On investigation and verification by the surveillance officials at Imphal airport, it was found that Rabina Devi was Covid-19 positive on April 21, the order said. "Such an irresponsible act will likely transmit/spread in future to other co-passenger and contacts travelling in the above flight."

A fine of Rs 2,000 has been imposed on Rabina Devi and "she must execute a bond with sureties for her good behaviour for a period of six months under Section 110 of Cr PC, 1973 as and when she is declared medically fit to appear before the executive magistrate,” the order confirms.

As to break the chain of infection of coronavirus in state, the health authority has made it mandatory for all persons entering the northeastern state by air or by road to carry negative Covid-19 test reports not older then 72 hours from arrival in the state.

The state resumed Covid-19 testing for incoming air passengers from five states on arrival at the airport from February 24, 2021. Since then, 4,207 air passengers have been tested for Covid-19 at the airport on arrival out of which 96 had found positive till April 26, 2021.

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