The chief medical officer (CMO), Lucknow, Dr NarendraAgarwal, has admitted to lapses in the report, based on which a case was filedagainst Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor.
He has written to the district magistrate and police commissioner,requesting them to make ‘corrections’ in it.
The complaint filed by the CMO at Sarojini Nagar policestation on Friday night had stated that Kanika had tested positive on herarrival at Amausi airport on ‘March 14’ and was asked to isolate herself for 14days, but she continued socializing, which amounts to disobeying a governmentorder.
The CMO has now clarified that Kanika had been advised14-day self-isolation as per government guidelines when she landed at Mumbaiairport from the UK, and not at Amausi airport in Lucknow.
Kanika came to Amausi airport on a domestic flight whilethermal scanning was being done only for international arrivals.Besides, thereis no COVID-19 confirmatory test which can be done at the airport. Only thermalscreening is being done at airports, which only detects body temperature.
Kanika came to Lucknow on March 11 and kept moving around,meeting people, visiting places and attending parties. She also stayed in afive-star hotel for two days during this period, the CMO said in his letter.
The complaint on the basis of which the FIR was lodged hadseveral inaccuracies. It said Kanika had tested positive at Amausi airport. Italso mentioned her age as 28 whereas she is 41.
Further, she arrived in Lucknow on March 11, but thecomplaint said she came on March 14 while her address was mentioned as’unknown’.
The CMO said it was ‘clerical mistake’ and refused tocomment further.