Ranchi Police: 2 held for photoshopped Covid reports to passengers

Ranchi Police Friday arrested two persons for allegedly preparing fake RT-PCR reports of passengers travelling to other states from Ranchi. Police said that the accused used to ‘photoshop’ test reports and give them to the passengers at the airport.

According to police, the accused have been identified as Ali and Shamim—who police said go by one name—and were arrested Friday. They said both the accused had worked as lab assistants in Ranchi.

Superintendent of Police, City, Saurav said: “There are many states which require negative RT-PCR reports and the airline demanded it before passengers could board. These two accused used to edit the report in exchange for some money. Further investigation is ongoing to arrest the remaining accused.”